1/4/2012, 8:39 am
Justin Tree, a conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a staunch advocate for renewable energy is at a loss. Recently the population of Shredded Wrens, a small low flying migratory bird species, has shown a dramatic marked decline.
Justin then said that he and his team will keep at it until the mystery is solved and the Shredded Wren once again has a stable and sustainable population."This has become my life's passion: saving the Shredded Wren, before it was fighting to get the wind farm built in the Cascade pass, that was a joyous day watching those blades chopping through the air for the first time but it was so short lived because right after the farm was up and running did we notice that the Shredded Wren was in dire straits".
Justin's First Passion "The Cascade Pass Wind farm"
A Very Unhappy Looking Shredded Wren
The Shredded Wren once ranged throughout the Sierra Nevada and Cascades in California and Oregon. “There are only about 50 of these beautiful birds left, eking out a living in about 4 percent of their historical range,” said Justin, “And for the life of me I can't explain why, they are a low flying species that has used the Cascade pass flight route to their summer nesting grounds since time immoral and just recently huge flights of the wrens were spotted entering the pass but only a fraction came out on the other side to nest in the flatland below". Justin further went on to explain, "We've looked at all the usual suspects from pesticides to avian disease and nothing was out of the ordinary that we can pin-point as causing this".Justin then said that he and his team will keep at it until the mystery is solved and the Shredded Wren once again has a stable and sustainable population."This has become my life's passion: saving the Shredded Wren, before it was fighting to get the wind farm built in the Cascade pass, that was a joyous day watching those blades chopping through the air for the first time but it was so short lived because right after the farm was up and running did we notice that the Shredded Wren was in dire straits".
Justin's First Passion "The Cascade Pass Wind farm"