This trail camera still image provided Mike Lockhart shows a bald eagle is seen landing on a trap set by a researcher, on April 30, 2023, near Medicine Bow, Wyo. A captive eagle used as a lure is seen to the right The trap was set by researcher Mike Lockhart. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allows some wind farms to kill eagles under a government permit program. (Mike Lockhart via AP) 
A sign is seen with wind turbines in the background at Duke Energy’s Top of the World wind energy facility, on April 24, 2023, in Rollings Hills, Wyo. A system of cameras allows the company to identify approaching eagles so turbines can be stopped to avoid collisions, but that hasn’t stopped all eagle deaths. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) 
This trail camera still image provided Mike Lockhart shows a golden eagle is seen landing on a trap set by a researcher in this trail camera photograph, on April 30, 2023, near Medicine Bow, Wyo. A captive eagle that used as a lure is seen to the right. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allows some wind farms to kill eagles under a government permit program. (Mike Lockhart via AP) 
Environmental Development Director Misti Sporer of Duke Energy is seen on an observation tower at the company’s Top of the World wind farm, on April 24, 2023, in Rollings Hills, Wyo. Sporer said the company has reduced, but not eliminated, collisions of eagles into turbines by installing a computerized camera network that detects incoming birds. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) 
Wind turbines are seen at Duke Energy’s Top of the World energy facility, April 23, 2013, in Rollings Hills, Wyo. The number of eagles killed at the site increased in the immediate years after Duke was prosecuted for killing eagles last decade, but company officials say the death rate has since fallen. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow
