Appalachian Trail hikers value Bigelow without windmills
Portland Press Herald|David P. Corrigan|May 16, 2010
There are many reasons to oppose the Highland Wind Project -- environmental, economic and health-related -- but as much as anything, there is the loss. ...All other arguments aside, how could anyone support the loss we will all face if this area is industrialized?
There are many reasons to oppose the Highland Wind Project -- environmental, economic and health-related -- but as much as anything, there is the loss. ...All other arguments aside, how could anyone support the loss we will all face if this area is industrialized?
There are many reasons to oppose the Highland Wind Project -- environmental, economic and health-related -- but as much as anything, there is the loss.
For five months a year I work in a canoe on the Kennebec River, ferrying hikers at the Appalachian Trail crossing. These hikers come from all over the country and the world, more than 1,200 of them last year alone.
The northbound hikers have just come through the Bigelow Preserve and the area set to be destroyed by the Highland Wind Project when they get to me. The one thing they all say is that this is one of the most beautiful, scenic and wild places that they have ever seen. The view from Bigelow is one of the high points of their 2,178-mile hike.
All other arguments aside, how …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]There are many reasons to oppose the Highland Wind Project -- environmental, economic and health-related -- but as much as anything, there is the loss.
For five months a year I work in a canoe on the Kennebec River, ferrying hikers at the Appalachian Trail crossing. These hikers come from all over the country and the world, more than 1,200 of them last year alone.
The northbound hikers have just come through the Bigelow Preserve and the area set to be destroyed by the Highland Wind Project when they get to me. The one thing they all say is that this is one of the most beautiful, scenic and wild places that they have ever seen. The view from Bigelow is one of the high points of their 2,178-mile hike.
All other arguments aside, how could anyone support the loss we will all face if this area is industrialized? The Bigelow Preserve is such a unique and important natural area that voters chose to set it aside forever. How can we condone such destruction literally on its doorstep?
The website www.highlandmts.org shares the truth about this project; it is a truth that developers and politicians are not telling us.
Mr. Corrigan is a registered Maine Master Guide