Not just birds. From the article:
“Not only does the project consume 5.6 square miles of undisturbed public land that is home to the endangered desert tortoise”
This turtle has been used to keep large parts of the military’s National Training Area in California off limits for decades. More recently, it was used as justification for cutting herd sizes for a rancher, by the name of Bundy. That’s right - protection of this turtle is what started the Bundy standoff in Nevada.
But its ok to eradicate 6 square miles of habitat, smack in the middle of the turtle’s range...for the children, I guess.
I thought “they” claimed that all the local residents had been relocated to a “safe zone” away from the furnace. Never a good hail storm when you need one.