Dairyland Power's Peregrine Falcon Restoration Program
Dairyland’s Peregrine Falcon Restoration Program began in the 1990s and, since then, 163 falcons have fledged from the Alma and Genoa sites combined! This is a great testament to the power of collaboration between industry and the environment.
Check out a recent news article about successful partnerships Dairyland has been part of to support the return of Peregrine Falcons to the Driftless Region: Peregrine falcon population rebounds in Wisconsin, Minnesota (lacrossetribune.com)
2024 Nesting Season Summary
Dairyland's Peregrine Falcon Bird Cam has been deactivated, following a mostly successful 2024 nesting season. The nesting pair of falcons produced a clutch of three chicks in early May. In June, the two female chicks and one male chick were banded by the Raptor Resource Project team, Dairyland’s Environmental Biologist Ben Campbell and Environmental Specialist II Andy Thomes.
Unfortunately, one of falcon chicks later died. The falcon was retrieved from the nesting box and delivered to the Raptor Resource Project for testing to determine the cause of death. The other two falcon chicks are healthy and have fledged the nest.
More than 160 falcons have fledged (left) from Dairyland's Peregrine Falcon Restoration Program since 1998. Falcons remain near Alma until October, but are not always near the nest box. They migrate to South America each fall with juvenile falcons staying there for the first two years of their lives before returning to North America to mate.