UMaine Mentioned in MPBN Report on Study of How Birds, Bats Avoid Wind Turbines
The University of Maine was mentioned in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report about the Portland-based Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) receiving $1.1 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy to help study how winged creatures such as bats and birds avoid wind turbines. The project is a partnership between BRI, UMaine, the UK-based HiDef Aerial Surveying and First Wind, the report states.