And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Storm Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replies: Forwarding this information from Alexis. Storm abear wrote: > Hau kola's, > I just got the following info that can be used to help fight this > Enron Wind Torbine project. Thanks for your help. Toksa. > > > THE AUDUBON SOCIETY IS OPPOSED TO INDUSTRIAL WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT ON THE > COLUMBIA HILLS > > Enron, a giant Texas-based multinational energy corporation, the Bonneville > Power Administration, and seven Washington PUDs (including Klickitat) are > proposing to develop a 15,000 acre industrial wind farm on the Columbia > Hills, along the Columbia River Gorge, six miles southeast of Goldendale, > Washington. > > Yakama Cultural Sites > > The EISs document numerous Yakama cultural sites within the project area, > including burial grounds; ethnobotanical areas; and Juniper Point, a vision > quest site. Yakama elders testified during the EIS comment period in > opposition to the projects. The Yakama Indian Nation, a treaty tribe of > 1855, unanimously passed a resolution against the projects and has filed > lawsuits challenging the environmental impact statements. The project > sites are just upriver from Celilo Falls, an important indigenous cultural > site for over 10,000 years. > > Wildlife and Plant Community Resources > > The EIS documents 34 listed animal species, seven Washington Department of > Fish and wildlife Priority Habitats and numerous high-quality native plant > communities occurring in the project area. The EISs and recent Audubon > bird surveys have documented the Columbia Hills as one of the most > important raptor (eagles, falcons, hawks, and owls) areas in the Northwest. > The EISs document 16 diurnal (daytime) raptor species using the project > area. At least ten of these use the area for breeding. Wind farms kill > raptors! At least 40 Golden Eagles and 300 other raptors are killed each > year at the Altamont wind power site in California. The project area is > within the Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, and Ferruginous Hawk federal/state > population recovery areas. The Columbia Gorge is a major migratory bird > flyway. > > Historic and Scenic Resources > > The project area forms the backdrop scenery for the Maryhill Museum of Arts > and the Stonehenge Replica, monuments of the Sam Hill legacy, and which are > now National Historic Sites. This historic complex is an important > Northwest cultural and economic resource. The projects would also be in > full view of three Washington and Oregon State Parks and three state and > federal highways. The projects would occur within the Columbia River > Gorge, which is recognized as an area of national scenic significance. A > 15,000 acre industrial wind farm, with it's numerous rows of 200' high > turbines, with noisy, whirling blades, draped across the Columbia Hills > would severely degrade these historic and cultural resources. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Wish to Leave? See <http://www.dickshovel.com/mailinglist.html>. <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
