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Dapper_Anteater_8343 t1_ix8nr06 wrote

I could imagine that an appropriately managed wind farm could have a lower effect on wildlife than some other uses for the same land. Are there some practices that could be required and would make a huge difference in better habitat on wind farms? Perhaps ideas like how you mentioned that ocelots like den under the branches of a fallen tree…. Fish and birds respond well to good artificial housing structures. Is a wind farm with great housing better than a barren natural landscape? (This is a random example idea, maybe there are other ideas that make a more important difference for ocelots. Better prey habitat may be more important than better ocelots den structures, etc.)

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benmasters88 t1_ix9brx8 wrote

I think that a windfarm with good forest or brush underneath would be suitable for ocelots but most of the wind farms in South Texas near the ocelots are on ag.

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