Documents filed under Impact on Landscape
The below letter, written by the Nor'Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee, requests the Ontario Ministers of Energy and Infrastructure and of the Environment to intervene and stop the approval of an industrial wind energy facility on the Nor'Wester Mountain Range and the Loch Lomond Watershed in the Thunder Bay Area.
Stormwater appeal final brief - Sheffield Wind

Resolution: West Grey Seeks Moratorium on Industrial Wind Turbines
As Mayor of the Municipality of West Grey, on behalf of the Council and citizens of West Grey, I am calling upon the Province of Ontario to place an indefinite moratorium on industrial wind turbines in the Municipality of West Grey and other Ontario municipalities.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife letter to Vermont Community Wind

Virginia DHR Issues a Recommendation to HNWD
After consulting with the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service regarding the documented boundary of Camp Allegheny Battlefield, Kathleen Kilpatrick, Director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR), drafted a letter to John Flora, attorney for Highland New Wind Development (HNWD), on November 17.
Coalition for Wisconsin Environmental Stewardship initial brief regarding proposed Glacial Hills wind facility

Energy sprawl or energy efficiency: Climate policy impacts on natural habitat for the United States of America

New Jersey DEP letter to Delsea Energy

Save The River comments to Town of Cape Vincent, NY

Smallwood comments 3rd draft Wind Turbine Guidelines of the USFWS

Wyoming Governor Freudenthal's letter to the State's Wind Energy Task Force
Wyoming's Governor Dave Freudenthal wrote this letter to the legislative Wind Energy Task Force formed in the 2008-2009 session. The Task Force will be studying various aspects of the legal framework surrounding wind energy development including state statutes related to industrial siting and the authority of the Public Service Commission; federal statutes related to state and county authorities and other issues pertaining to wind energy development and its associated transmission infrastructure. The Governor is very clear that environmental concerns will not take a back seat to wind development and that a balance between land uses is essential.
Oregon’s high desert and wind energy: opportunities and strategies for responsible development
The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) and five other conservation groups released this report in response to the growing pressure to site renewable energy projects on open desert land in Oregon. While the ONDA supports renewable energy development and believes that such development can help reduce fossil fuel consumption and create sustainable economies for rural communities, the organization sees an urgent need to analyze where wind power potential is the highest and wildlife and social conflicts are the lowest. The analysis is important in ensuring projects can be developed without degradation of desert wildlands and damage to sensitive wildlife populations. This report was created through the mapping and analysis of the areas identified by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory as having the best wind power potential. This data is compared with sensitive natural resources such as Greater sage-grouse breeding areas. The report includes a narrative outlining the nature of the potential conflicts with wind energy development as well as Best Practices and guidelines to minimize impacts.
US Fish and Wildlife Service comments on Noble Environmental's proposed wind facility in Coos County

US EPA comments on Noble Environmental's proposed wind energy facility in Coos County

Nature Conservancy of NH comments regarding Coos County wind proposal

Transmission to everywhere

Audubon Society of NH comments regarding Coos County wind proposal

Wilderness Society and Center for Biological Diversity comment on Deerfield Wind DEIS

WV-PSC decision: AES Laurel Mountain, LLC wind energy proposal

Brief of evidence by Dr Dave Bennett called by the Tararua-Aokautere Guardians Inc.
