[va-bird] Re: Highland County Wind Project

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

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