Minnesota and Oakland, Calif. Adopt Bird-Friendly Building Requirements

[American Bird Conservancy]

The state of Minnesota and the city of Oakland, Calif., are the latest local or state governments to approve bird-friendly building design requirements. Oakland has adopted requirements similar to those established in neighboring San Francisco, Calif. in 2011, while Minnesota followed LEED's "Reducing Bird Collisions" program. In Illinois, several jurisdictions-Cook County, Highland Park, Lake County, and Evansville-have existing or pending guidelines while national legislation has been proposed in Congress.

 

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