Avian / Raptor Protection Plans

Keeping Birds Safe from the Hazards of Electricity

Examples of Key Raptor Protection Plans

Leading Utility Companies and Bird Organisations in exemplary countries
have established Bird / Raptor Protection Plans
for a win-win of bird stewardship and reduction of power outages.

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'Suggested Practices for Avian Protection On Power Lines:
The State of the Art in 2006'

a key document still used as a benchmark

Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines
State of the Art 2012

A Leading Avian Protection Plan (APP) in US:

A most comprehensive protection programmme
by Seattle City Lights:

Idaho Power Avian Protection Plan

Links to other Raptor Protection Protection Plans containing Key Points

Avian Power Line Interation Committee (APLIC) 'Developing Power Pole Modification Agreements for Compensator Eagle Mitigation for Wind Energy'