Recommended background reading: "The Environmental Imperative for
Renewable Energy: An Update," available from the Renewable Energy
Policy Project at
<http://www.repp.org/repp_pubs/repp_publications.html>http://www.repp.org/repp_pubs/repp_publications.html
(It's the fifth one listed.)
This report examines in detail the effects of energy sources (both renewable
and non-renewable) on birds, other wildlife, and the biosphere.
Regards,
Tom Gray
American Wind Energy Association
At 09:57 PM 10/26/2003 -0500, Bear Mountain Farm and Wilderness Retreat wrote:
We are looking for assistance and support for opposition to the planned
"wind farm" on Allegheny Mountain in Highland County. Developers have
plans to construct over 30 units- 400'+ wind towers and generators with
strobe lights and rotor lights and substations along ridges that include
Bear Mountain along Co, Rd. 601. Many birders and outdoor enthusiasts
are familiar with this road along the VA/WV border. Views from this
road extend to the north past Spruce Knob, WV and to the south and east
past Shenandoah Mtn, and beyond. Our farm sits at 4400' in elevation in
direct view of the proposed project. We are currently a site on the
Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail and our business offers an
educational venue for the outdoor enthusiast in a remote and unspoiled
setting as well as the opportunity to experience the unique mountain
ecology, flora and fauna of this region of the Allegheny Front above
4000'. We are both sensitive to the ecological and cultural damage
that such a project can have on our community in Highland. We are
proponents of alternative energy, but are sensitive to locating such a
large industrial scale wind utility in such a pristine and ecologically
sensitive area like Highland. For additional information please contact
us directly. Thank you.
Tom Brody and Patti Reum
Bear Mountain Farm and Wilderness Retreat
Hightown, Virginia 24465
