# Presentation: 657817

## Chris O’Meilia

**Chris O’Meilia**
- Wildlife & Fire Consultation Biologist / GIS Coordinator

**Stephanie Harmon**
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist

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## The displayed dataset, ‘General OK LPC Range’, was the basis of 

- The displayed dataset, ‘General OK LPC Range’, was the basis of
- the provided statistics.

## The Statistics . . . . . . 

**WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT AND LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS IN OKLAHOMA**
- 96 known Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) leks in Oklahoma
**89/96 (i.e., 93%)** of known LPC leks occur within the ~2.7 million acre area defined as the General OK LPC Range (hereafter ‘Range’, see polygon on attached map).
- Total acres in Range = 2.7 million acres (± 1%)
- Range =  6.1% of entire Oklahoma area
- The LPC range includes the following breakdown by percentage of the entire state of Oklahoma’s wind power development potential: **Excellent, 34.7%; Good, 20.7%;** Fair, 16.7%; Marginal, 0.5 %; Poor, 0.0 %.

## Cont. . . . . . .                   

**51/96 (i.e., 53.1%) of known Oklahoma LPC leks occur within 1 mile of land classified as Excellent by OWPA’s Neural model.**
- 66/96 (i.e., 68.8%) of known Oklahoma LPC leks occur within 2 miles of land classified as Excellent by OWPA’s Neural model.
- 73/96 (i.e., 76.0%) of known Oklahoma LPC leks occur within 3 miles of land classified as Excellent by OWPA’s Neural model.
- 81/96 (i.e., 84.4%) of known Oklahoma LPC leks occur within 4 miles of land classified as Excellent by OWPA’s Neural model.
**87/96 (i.e., 90.6%) of known leks occur within 5 miles of land classified as Excellent by OWPA’s Neural model.**

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## Scenario A

- Holcomb

- Potter

- Pauline

- Spearville

- Mooreland

- Wichita

- NW

- Knoll

**Scenario A**

## Scenario B

**Scenario B**

- Holcomb

- Potter

- Pauline

- Spearville

- Wichita

- NW

- Knoll

- Elk City

- Rosehill

- Cleveland

- Sooner

## Scenario C

**Scenario C**

- Holcomb

- Pauline

- Spearville

- Wichita

- NW

- Elk City

- Summit

- Rosehill

- Cleveland

- Sooner

- Tuco

## The big picture . . . . . . . 

**“****Whether or not you're concerned about global warming, wind energy is such a minor player that it's almost irrelevant to the debate. The U.S. is responsible for approximately 20% of human caused carbon emissions (US DOE).  Production of electricity accounts for 35% of the U.S. carbon emissions (US DOE).  Even at the "high" projection of 4% of U.S. electricity by non-carbon emitting wind generators by year 2025 (US DOE), 4% of 35% of 20% means that U.S. wind energy development has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by less than 0.3 of one percent.  And **_**that assumes no increase of carbon emissions from other sources**_**, when in fact new emissions from the developing economies of China, India, the Pacific Rim, and South America will overwhelm any imagined reductions in U.S. emissions.” – Kansas Chapter TNC **

## Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Companies

- Zilkha Renewable Energy – 1 existing facility w/ pending expansion and new facilities
- Florida Power and Light – 2 existing facilities w/ planned expansion and new facilities
- Renewable Energy Systems – 1 planned facility
- Western Oklahoma Renewable Power, L.L.C. – 1 planned facility
- 150,000 acres of leased wind power development rights in Oklahoma.
**Wind Energy Consultants**
- Maxim Technologies
- WEST, INC.
- Curry & Kerlinger, L.L.C.
- Tetra Tech FW, INC.
- Terracon – Consulting Engineers & Scientists
- Various consultants & lawyers

## More than just Lesser Prairie Chickens

## Selman Cave WMA – 

- Selman Cave WMA –
- Mexican free-tailed bat maternity roost
- 10 miles NNE of FPL Energy – Oklahoma Wind Energy Center
- Documented collision mortality with birds and bats

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