Falcons take cover
THE US AIR FORCE has plans to study the impact of low-flying jet noise on wildlife by flying F-16 and F-111 fighter jets over the nests of endangered peregrine falcons in Alaska’s Yukon River Valley. The University of Alaska-Fairbanks has accepted $800,000 to run a three-year study to videotape the falcons’ reactions as jets scream by 30 metres above their nests. If the birds survive the test the Air Force will argue for a change in existing US Fish and Wildlife Service rules that prohibit strafing and evasive manoeuvre training over hundreds of environmentally sensitive areas around the country. Source: Earth Island Journal
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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106Falcons take cover Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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