The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has encouraged individual electric utilities to develop Avian Protection Plans (APP), in response the City of Gillette has worked with nationally recognized, certified wildlife biologist Richard Harness of EDM International, Inc. to develop an APP. When installing a new structure or when retrofitting an existing structure, the City of Gillette will make the structure so that it is safe for raptors and for the crew working on it. When we can avoid avian contact with utility facilities it enables us to improve reliability while being responsible stewards of the environment.