In this issue: The NamPower/NNF Strategic Partnership: two years down the line; Phase II of the Environmental Information Service (EIS) completed; Focus on bustards and power lines; Bustard and power lines workshop, and action plan for bird collisions with power lines; Is Ludwig's Bustard faced with extinction?; Example of a bustard collision hotspot near Vredendal, Western Cape, SA;  Power line surveys; Kokerboom-Aries (400 kV); Harib-Rock (132 kV); Kokerboom-Nabas (66 kV); Tamarisk-Kuiseb (66 kV and 220 kV); Walmund-Van Eck, Ganab area (220 kV); Standard recommendations for power line surveys; Power line/wildlife incidents; Two more flamingos collide on 132 kV power line at Trekkopje; Secretarybird collision on 400 kV Aus-Kokerboom line; Three vulture collision incidents on 33 kV line; White-breasted Cormorant collides with 11 kV power line near Tsumeb; Three outage incidents caused by electrocution of spotted genets; NamPower uses "Dummy poles" with success to mitigate the Sociable Weaver nesting problem.