EDINBURG -- The supervisor for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests has denied a Harpers Ferry company's proposal to build 131 wind turbines on Great North Mountain.

Maureen Hyzer informed FreedomWorks LLC on April 2 that she denied acceptance of the company's proposal to install three meteorological towers that would collect wind and other necessary data to support installation of future wind turbines, according to a memo sent Tuesday by Jim Smalls, ranger for the Lee District.

Freedomworks submitted the proposal for the three towers in early December, he said. The company's plan, however, was made known about a year ago.

Hyzer went against FreedomWorks' proposal because it does not comply with the forest management plan and it did not specify a rationale why the use of national forest land was necessary, the memo states.

Click here to see Hyzer's memo.