Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Lea LSF]

HI all,
In general I am a lurker on this list that benefits from all the wonderful
learning I get to do via this listserv. Thank you everyone who posts!

We are having a discussion right on on the Village of Freeville listserv
regarding a proposed solar farm next to Willow Glen Cemetery. There are so
many sensitive issues to consider both at that location and Dodge Woods,
still I urge folks to show up to the Dryden Town Board meetings and listen
to the concerns and opinions of others and to voice their own- the dates
and times are listed below. My main concern was that not many people knew
about this issue since the language used in disseminated materials used
something along the lines of protest a Power Generating Plant, an omission
that I felt came with detrimental outcomes. In fact when I wrote my email
to the village many responded privately saying thank you, and that they did
not know about this proposal for large scale solar in Dryden.

I would like to leave you with a little bit of my perspective and linking
to an online document

that might be of use to other folks out there who wish to leave their
concerns, pros, cons, etc with the Dryden Town Board.

My opinion- I greatly respect the people that are willing to speak up for
what they believe in now, and for people that are willing to stand up and
work across generations, inter-politically, and across other divides for
solutions that we all need now. Solar is the number one solution for our
energy crisis currently. *We said no to fracking.* If we say no to solar
now the next time fracking corps come through nobody will have the fight
left in them to stand up to them.  How could we fight next time when we
would clearly know that we cannot follow through with solutions, that we
are after all only NIMBYists?  How would a hydraulic fracking operation
look next to Willow Glen Cemetery, or the woods at Dodge Rd?  Maybe a giant
plant next to a cemetery is not the best idea? Perhaps we can use a screen
to shield the view if there are so many concerns about that? Are there
other places where we can do this? One worry though is that we will say no
to one location after the other, and that this is no time to waver on our
commitment to sustainable energy sources.

Please voice your concerns to the town board via this google form

soon as they are trying to make a decision soon, by March 30th I believe or
come to one of these meetings. Even if you have concerns regarding these
specific locations please let the town board that you support solar in
Dryden (that is if you do). Currently there are no regulations or laws in
Dryden about solar and this is an opportunity to weigh in and do this
right. I'd feel much differently about this community if we said no to
solar after we said to to fracking.

And if you are a Dryden resident come to a meeting at the Dryden Town Hall


*March 23 at 7 pm (today)*
*March 30 at 7 pm *



Thank you for your time,
Lea Elleseff

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Gary Kohlenberg  wrote:

> I imagine this new solar farm will be leased by Cornell, but built /
> maintained by a third party just like the one at the airport. For the solar
> company low installation cost will be the driving factor. Many separate
> panels all over campus installed by Cornell wouldn't be as cost effective
> and CU would have to maintain them.
> The PSC got rid of net metering for residential solar this week so I
> suspect individual homeowner installation will become less desirable even
> as it has also been moving to leased systems.
>
> Gary
>
> On Mar 22, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Melanie Uhlir  wrote:
>
> I wish all parking lots had solar panels over them. It would be win-win
> since it would shade the parking lots and they are giant heat-generators
> and wasted space anyway. Put solar panels on top of malls too. On top of
> hospitals, industrial buildings, schools. There are lots of non-habitat
> spaces solar panels ought to go instead of places that support wildlife.
> Why is that not happening?
>
> (yard bird news: I still had 2 Fox Sparrows visiting as of yesterday. I
> haven't seen them today.)
>
> On 3/21/2017 5:40 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
>
> If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas production, then cutting down
> trees
> is counterproductive when installing solar panels. Also cutting trees down
> if they
> are just along the edge of the array makes little sense because the great
> majority
> of solar energy is during the middle of the day, not early morning nor
> late afternoon.
>
> Putting solar panels in places that are just creating heat islands, not
> habitats, makes
> lots of sense. Put them on rooftops. Put them over parking lots. Put them
> on lawns
> that were already getting mowed. That's why home solar 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Gary Kohlenberg]

I imagine this new solar farm will be leased by Cornell, but built / maintained 
by a third party just like the one at the airport. For the solar company low 
installation cost will be the driving factor. Many separate panels all over 
campus installed by Cornell wouldn't be as cost effective and CU would have to 
maintain them.
The PSC got rid of net metering for residential solar this week so I suspect 
individual homeowner installation will become less desirable even as it has 
also been moving to leased systems.

Gary

On Mar 22, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Melanie Uhlir 
> wrote:

I wish all parking lots had solar panels over them. It would be win-win since 
it would shade the parking lots and they are giant heat-generators and wasted 
space anyway. Put solar panels on top of malls too. On top of hospitals, 
industrial buildings, schools. There are lots of non-habitat spaces solar 
panels ought to go instead of places that support wildlife. Why is that not 
happening?

(yard bird news: I still had 2 Fox Sparrows visiting as of yesterday. I haven't 
seen them today.)

On 3/21/2017 5:40 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas production, then cutting down trees
is counterproductive when installing solar panels. Also cutting trees down if 
they
are just along the edge of the array makes little sense because the great 
majority
of solar energy is during the middle of the day, not early morning nor late 
afternoon.

Putting solar panels in places that are just creating heat islands, not 
habitats, makes
lots of sense. Put them on rooftops. Put them over parking lots. Put them on 
lawns
that were already getting mowed. That's why home solar is great, but industrial 
scale
makes problems. Those fields that are being replaced as solar "farms" (cute 
name)
will still get rain and have seeds blow in. How will succession be blocked? 
Poisons?

If Cornell first decided to put solar panels on all its rooftops and over all 
its parking
lots, then over, say, the Ag Quad, and had run out places where they could put 
solar
panels without being destructive, I'd be more supportive. I think that grove is 
pretty
special, having seen several Long-eared Owls and a Northern Saw-whet Owl there.

--Dave Nutter

On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, marsha kardon 
> wrote:

Please consider this in your efforts to minimize your contribution to climate 
change:

Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
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29 November 2006 – Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse 
gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter 
production methods, including improved animal diets to reduce enteric 
fermentation and consequent methane emissions, are urgently needed, according 
to a new United 
Nations report released today.

“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious 
environmental problems,” senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 
official Henning Steinfeld said. “Urgent action is required to remedy the 
situation.”

Cattle-rearing is also a major source of land and water degradation, according 
to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and 
Options, 
of which Mr. Steinfeld is the senior author.

“The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by one 
half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level,” it 
warns.

When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock 
sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, 
but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It 
generates 65 per cent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the 
Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.

And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 
times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of 
ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid 
rain.

With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy products 
every year, the report notes. Global meat production is projected to more than 
double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 2050, 
while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes.

The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural 
sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and contributes 
about 40 per cent to global agricultural output. For many poor farmers 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Melanie Uhlir]

I wish all parking lots had solar panels over them. It would be win-win 
since it would shade the parking lots and they are giant heat-generators 
and wasted space anyway. Put solar panels on top of malls too. On top of 
hospitals, industrial buildings, schools. There are lots of non-habitat 
spaces solar panels ought to go instead of places that support wildlife. 
Why is that not happening?

(yard bird news: I still had 2 Fox Sparrows visiting as of yesterday. I 
haven't seen them today.)

On 3/21/2017 5:40 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
> If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas production, then cutting down 
> trees
> is counterproductive when installing solar panels. Also cutting trees 
> down if they
> are just along the edge of the array makes little sense because the 
> great majority
> of solar energy is during the middle of the day, not early morning nor 
> late afternoon.
>
> Putting solar panels in places that are just creating heat islands, 
> not habitats, makes
> lots of sense. Put them on rooftops. Put them over parking lots. Put 
> them on lawns
> that were already getting mowed. That's why home solar is great, but 
> industrial scale
> makes problems. Those fields that are being replaced as solar "farms" 
> (cute name)
> will still get rain and have seeds blow in. How will succession be 
> blocked? Poisons?
>
> If Cornell first decided to put solar panels on all its rooftops and 
> over all its parking
> lots, then over, say, the Ag Quad, and had run out places where they 
> could put solar
> panels without being destructive, I'd be more supportive. I think that 
> grove is pretty
> special, having seen several Long-eared Owls and a Northern Saw-whet 
> Owl there.
>
> --Dave Nutter
>
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, marsha kardon  > wrote:
>
>> Please consider this in your efforts to minimize your contribution to 
>> climate change:
>>
>>
>> Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving
>> cars, UN report warns
>>
>> 6.3K Share
>>
>> Print 
>>
>> 29 November 2006 – Cattle-rearing generates more global warming 
>> greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, 
>> and smarter production methods, including improved animal diets to 
>> reduce enteric fermentation and consequent methane emissions, are 
>> urgently needed, according to 
>>  a new 
>> United Nations report released today.
>>
>> “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s 
>> most serious environmental problems,” senior UN Food and Agriculture 
>> Organization (FAO) official Henning Steinfeld said. “Urgent action is 
>> required to remedy the situation.”
>>
>> Cattle-rearing is also a major source of land and water degradation, 
>> according to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental 
>> Issues and Options 
>> , 
>> of which Mr. Steinfeld is the senior author.
>>
>> “The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut 
>> by one half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its 
>> present level,” it warns.
>>
>> When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the 
>> livestock sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from 
>> human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even 
>> more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 per cent of 
>> human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming 
>> Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.
>>
>> And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced 
>> methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by 
>> the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which 
>> contributes significantly to acid rain.
>>
>> With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy 
>> products every year, the report notes. Global meat production is 
>> projected to more than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 
>> 465 million tonnes in 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 
>> 580 to 1043 million tonnes.
>>
>> The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other 
>> agricultural sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion 
>> people and contributes about 40 per cent to global agricultural 
>> output. For many poor farmers in developing countries livestock are 
>> also a source of renewable energy for draft and an essential source 
>> of organic fertilizer for their crops.
>>
>> Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s entire land surface, 
>> mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 per cent of the global 
>> arable land used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. 
>> As forests are cleared to create new pastures, it is a major 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Sandy Podulka]

Dave,

Thanks for this thoughtful discussion. You make 
really good points! --Sandy Podulka

At 05:40 PM 3/21/2017, Dave Nutter wrote:
>If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas production, then cutting down trees
>is counterproductive when installing solar 
>panels. Also cutting trees down if they
>are just along the edge of the array makes 
>little sense because the great majority
>of solar energy is during the middle of the day, 
>not early morning nor late afternoon.
>
>Putting solar panels in places that are just 
>creating heat islands, not habitats, makes
>lots of sense. Put them on rooftops. Put them 
>over parking lots. Put them on lawns
>that were already getting mowed. That's why home 
>solar is great, but industrial scale
>makes problems. Those fields that are being 
>replaced as solar "farms" (cute name)
>will still get rain and have seeds blow in. How 
>will succession be blocked? Poisons?
>
>If Cornell first decided to put solar panels on 
>all its rooftops and over all its parking
>lots, then over, say, the Ag Quad, and had run 
>out places where they could put solar
>panels without being destructive, I'd be more 
>supportive. I think that grove is pretty
>special, having seen several Long-eared Owls and 
>a Northern Saw-whet Owl there.
>
>--Dave Nutter
>
>On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, marsha kardon 
><mfkar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Please consider this in your efforts to 
>>minimize your contribution to climate change:
>>
>>
>>
>>Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases 
>>than driving cars, UN report warns
>>
>>
>>
>>[]
>>
>>
>>6.3KShare
>>
>>  Print
>>
>>29 November 2006 – Cattle-rearing generates 
>>more global warming greenhouse gasees, as 
>>measured in CO2 equivalent, than 
>>transportation, and smarter production methods, 
>>including improved animal diets to reduce 
>>enteric fermentation and consequent methane 
>>emissions, are urgently needed, 
>>according 
>>to a new United Nations report released today.
>>
>>“Livestock are one of the most significant 
>>contributors to today’s most serious 
>>environmental problems,” senior UN Food and 
>>Agriculture Organization (FAO) official Henning 
>>Steinfeld said. “Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
>>
>>Cattle-rearing is also a major source of land 
>>and water degradation, according to the FAO 
>>report, 
>>Livestock’s
>> 
>>Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and Options, 
>>of which Mr. Stteinfeld is the senior author.
>>
>>“The environmental costs per unit of 
>>livestock production must be cut by one half, 
>>just to avoid the level of damage worsening 
>>beyond its present level,” it warns.
>>
>>When emissions from land use and land use 
>>change are included, the livestock sector 
>>accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from 
>>human-related activities, but produces a much 
>>larger share of even more harmful greenhouse 
>>gases. It generates 65 per cent of 
>>human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 
>>times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 
>>CO2. Most of this comes from manure.
>>
>>And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of 
>>all human-induced methane (23 times as warming 
>>as CO2), which is largely produced by the 
>>digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent 
>>of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.
>>
>>With increased prosperity, people are consuming 
>>more meat and dairy products every year, the 
>>report notes. Global meat production is 
>>projected to more than double from 229 million 
>>tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 
>>2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes.
>>
>>The global livestock sector is growing faster 
>>than any other agricultural sub-sector. It 
>>provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion 
>>people and contributes about 40 per cent to 
>>global agricultural output. For many poor 
>>farmers in developing countries livestock are 
>>also a source of renewable energy for draft and 
>>an essential source of organic fertilizer for their crops.
>>
>>Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s 
>>entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture 
>>but also including 33 per cent of the global 
>>arable land used to producing feed for 
>>livestock, the report notes. As forests are 
>>cleared to create new pastures, it is a major 
>>driver of deforestation, especially in Latin 
>>America where, for example, some 70 per cent of 
>>former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing.
>>
>>At the same time herds cause wide-scale land 
>>degradation, with about 20 per cent of pastures 
>>considered degraded through overgrazing, 
>>compaction and erosion. This figure is even 
>>higher in the drylands where inappropriate 
>>policies and 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Dave Nutter]

If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas production, then cutting down trees 
is counterproductive when installing solar panels. Also cutting trees down if 
they 
are just along the edge of the array makes little sense because the great 
majority 
of solar energy is during the middle of the day, not early morning nor late 
afternoon. 

Putting solar panels in places that are just creating heat islands, not 
habitats, makes 
lots of sense. Put them on rooftops. Put them over parking lots. Put them on 
lawns 
that were already getting mowed. That's why home solar is great, but industrial 
scale 
makes problems. Those fields that are being replaced as solar "farms" (cute 
name) 
will still get rain and have seeds blow in. How will succession be blocked? 
Poisons?

If Cornell first decided to put solar panels on all its rooftops and over all 
its parking 
lots, then over, say, the Ag Quad, and had run out places where they could put 
solar 
panels without being destructive, I'd be more supportive. I think that grove is 
pretty 
special, having seen several Long-eared Owls and a Northern Saw-whet Owl there. 
  

--Dave Nutter

> On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, marsha kardon  wrote:
> 
> Please consider this in your efforts to minimize your contribution to climate 
> change:
> 
> Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report 
> warns
> 
> 
> 6.3K
> Share
>  Print
> 
> 29 November 2006 – Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse 
> gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter 
> production methods, including improved animal diets to reduce enteric 
> fermentation and consequent methane emissions, are urgently needed, according 
> to a new United Nations report released today.
> 
> “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most 
> serious environmental problems,” senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization 
> (FAO) official Henning Steinfeld said. “Urgent action is required to remedy 
> the situation.”
> 
> Cattle-rearing is also a major source of land and water degradation, 
> according to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and 
> Options, of which Mr. Steinfeld is the senior author.
> 
> “The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by one 
> half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level,” 
> it warns.
> 
> When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock 
> sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, 
> but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It 
> generates 65 per cent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the 
> Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.
> 
> And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 
> times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system 
> of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to 
> acid rain.
> 
> With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy products 
> every year, the report notes. Global meat production is projected to more 
> than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 
> 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes.
> 
> The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural 
> sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and 
> contributes about 40 per cent to global agricultural output. For many poor 
> farmers in developing countries livestock are also a source of renewable 
> energy for draft and an essential source of organic fertilizer for their 
> crops.
> 
> Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly 
> permanent pasture but also including 33 per cent of the global arable land 
> used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. As forests are 
> cleared to create new pastures, it is a major driver of deforestation, 
> especially in Latin America where, for example, some 70 per cent of former 
> forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing.
> 
> At the same time herds cause wide-scale land degradation, with about 20 per 
> cent of pastures considered degraded through overgrazing, compaction and 
> erosion. This figure is even higher in the drylands where inappropriate 
> policies and inadequate livestock management contribute to advancing 
> desertification.
> 
> The livestock business is among the most damaging sectors to the earth’s 
> increasingly scarce water resources, contributing among other things to water 
> pollution from animal wastes, antibiotics and hormones, chemicals from 
> tanneries, fertilizers and the pesticides used to spray feed crops.
> 
> Beyond improving animal diets, proposed remedies to the multiple problems 
> include soil conservation methods together with controlled 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[tess]

Well, we always turn off lights not being used - and more importantly we 
have switched over to LED lights pretty much all through the house.  We 
hang almost all of our laundry up to dry.  We keep our thermostat very 
/very/ low all winter and do not have air conditioning.  We have no 
'instant on' energy vampires (hey, Martha, you forgot that one!).  Can I 
chime in now?

Nari said the spruces are being chopped down because they will shade 
some of the panels.  I'm wondering how many spruces need to be 
sacrificed if that is the reason.  Couldn't the westernmost 50' of 
panels be omitted, or only the spruce trees necessary to minimize the 
most damaging shade be cut?  I'm not familiar with the lay of the land 
there but why is this an all or nothing proposition?
Plus, if existing grasslands are being converted to solar panel use, is 
this an opportunity to get Cornell to commit to managing a different 
tract that they own so as to maximize its attractiveness to Bobolinks, 
Meadowlarks, Grasshopper Sparrows, and Harriers?
Wind farms and solar farms need large tracts of undeveloped land. So do 
many species of animals, including birds, and undeveloped land presently 
used by these species always will be the cheapest & easiest place to 
site clean energy projects.  It is irresponsible to say that all large 
tracts should be protected as habitat but it is equally irresponsible 
not to look for ways to preserve what we can of existing habitat within 
these projects, and even insist on the creation of new habitat nearby 
when that is impossible, including habitat for non-endangered species 
(also known as pre-endangered species).  If _we_ don't ask for 
modifications to be put in place to preserve habitat then who will?

Alicia



On 3/20/2017 11:55 AM, Martha Fischer wrote:
> Dear All -
>
> Please make a commitment to USE LESS ENERGY.
>
>   Turn off lights that are not being used.
>
>   Reduce your use of the clothes dryer and other conveniences.
>
>   Accept inconvenience.
>
> And then let¹s have this discussion.
>
> Take care,
>
> Martha Fischer
> Town of Enfield
>
> On 3/20/17, 9:48 AM,"bounce-121351030-3494...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of 
> Nari Mistry"   n...@cornell.edu>  wrote:
>
>> There is urgent need for lovers of birds and wildlife along Dodge Rd. to
>> be aware of imminent developments along Dodge Rd.
>>
>> The massive industrial scale solar farm proposed in all the Cornell
>> owned fields along Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd (as well as Turkey Hill
>> Rd.) is planning to start construction in a few weeks.  There was a
>> hearing in Dryden last Thursday at which many residents spoke out
>> against the massive scale of the project which will devastate wildlife
>> habitat.
>>
>> We have just learned this morning from a member of the Dryden
>> Conservation Board that they are proposing to cut down the Spruce Woods
>> bordering the WEST side of Dodge Rd. because they will shadow the panels
>> slated to go right along the very edge of Dodge R. next to a
>> (barbed-wire topped) fence!
>>
>> If you are concerned about this assault and the effect of replacing all
>> the grassland in the fields with sod under the panels (and
>> herbicides???), please write immediately to the Dryden Town Board and
>> ATTEND THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING  scheduled on THIS Thursday March 23,
>> at 7pm at the Dryden Town Hall on Main Street.
>>
>> Please express your opinion that may help reduce the scale of this
>> commercial operation that will devastate wildlife in this favorite
>> location for viewing wildlife!
>>
>>   Nari & Gin Mistry
>>
>>   Ellis Hollow rd.
>>
>>
>>
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[marsha kardon]

Please consider this in your efforts to minimize your contribution to
climate change:

Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report
warns

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29 November 2006 – Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse
gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter
production methods, including improved animal diets to reduce enteric
fermentation and consequent methane emissions, are urgently needed, according
to  a new
United Nations report released today.

“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most
serious environmental problems,” senior UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) official Henning Steinfeld said. “Urgent action is
required to remedy the situation.”

Cattle-rearing is also a major source of land and water degradation,
according to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues
and Options
, of
which Mr. Steinfeld is the senior author.

“The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by
one half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present
level,” it warns.

When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the
livestock sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related
activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful
greenhouse gases. It generates 65 per cent of human-related nitrous oxide,
which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this
comes from manure.

And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane
(23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive
system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes
significantly to acid rain.

With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy
products every year, the report notes. Global meat production is projected
to more than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million
tonnes in 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million
tonnes.

The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural
sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and
contributes about 40 per cent to global agricultural output. For many poor
farmers in developing countries livestock are also a source of renewable
energy for draft and an essential source of organic fertilizer for their
crops.

Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly
permanent pasture but also including 33 per cent of the global arable land
used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. As forests are
cleared to create new pastures, it is a major driver of deforestation,
especially in Latin America where, for example, some 70 per cent of former
forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing.

At the same time herds cause wide-scale land degradation, with about 20 per
cent of pastures considered degraded through overgrazing, compaction and
erosion. This figure is even higher in the drylands where inappropriate
policies and inadequate livestock management contribute to advancing
desertification.

The livestock business is among the most damaging sectors to the earth’s
increasingly scarce water resources, contributing among other things to
water pollution from animal wastes, antibiotics and hormones, chemicals
from tanneries, fertilizers and the pesticides used to spray feed crops.

Beyond improving animal diets, proposed remedies to the multiple problems
include soil conservation methods together with controlled livestock
exclusion from sensitive areas; setting up biogas plant initiatives to
recycle manure; improving efficiency of irrigation systems; and introducing
full-cost pricing for water together with taxes to discourage large-scale
livestock concentration close to cities.

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Martha Fischer  wrote:

> Dear All -
>
> Please make a commitment to USE LESS ENERGY.
>
> Turn off lights that are not being used.
>
> Reduce your use of the clothes dryer and other conveniences.
>
> Accept inconvenience.
>
> And then let¹s have this discussion.
>
> Take care,
>
> Martha Fischer
> Town of Enfield
>
> On 3/20/17, 9:48 AM, "bounce-121351030-3494...@list.cornell.edu on behalf
> of Nari Mistry"  n...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>
> >There is urgent need for lovers of birds and wildlife along Dodge Rd. to
> >be aware of imminent developments along Dodge Rd.
> >
> >The massive industrial scale solar farm proposed in all the Cornell
> >owned fields along Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd (as well as Turkey 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Martha Fischer]

Dear All - 

Please make a commitment to USE LESS ENERGY.

Turn off lights that are not being used.

Reduce your use of the clothes dryer and other conveniences.

Accept inconvenience.

And then let¹s have this discussion.

Take care,

Martha Fischer
Town of Enfield

On 3/20/17, 9:48 AM, "bounce-121351030-3494...@list.cornell.edu on behalf
of Nari Mistry"  wrote:

>There is urgent need for lovers of birds and wildlife along Dodge Rd. to
>be aware of imminent developments along Dodge Rd.
>
>The massive industrial scale solar farm proposed in all the Cornell
>owned fields along Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd (as well as Turkey Hill
>Rd.) is planning to start construction in a few weeks.  There was a
>hearing in Dryden last Thursday at which many residents spoke out
>against the massive scale of the project which will devastate wildlife
>habitat.
>
>We have just learned this morning from a member of the Dryden
>Conservation Board that they are proposing to cut down the Spruce Woods
>bordering the WEST side of Dodge Rd. because they will shadow the panels
>slated to go right along the very edge of Dodge R. next to a
>(barbed-wire topped) fence!
>
>If you are concerned about this assault and the effect of replacing all
>the grassland in the fields with sod under the panels (and
>herbicides???), please write immediately to the Dryden Town Board and
>ATTEND THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING  scheduled on THIS Thursday March 23,
>at 7pm at the Dryden Town Hall on Main Street.
>
>Please express your opinion that may help reduce the scale of this
>commercial operation that will devastate wildlife in this favorite
>location for viewing wildlife!
>
>  Nari & Gin Mistry
>
>  Ellis Hollow rd.
>
>
>
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Jeff Gerbracht]

As someone who believes we MUST reduce fossil fuel usage as quickly as
possible and as someone who frequently goes birding along Dodge Rd., this
is an issue which I personally grapple with.  These woods are utilized by
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, migrating Cape May Warblers
and in the past, Long-eared Owl and on the other hand, the woods are an
artificial monoculture and the proposal seems to me to be removal of a
portion of the woods, not the entire lot.

 Can I say we must use more renewable energy, yet also say, not here.  I
really struggle with this.  Any development will have negative consequences
on a micro scale, but I think the macro scale issues of fossil fuels vs
renewables, in this case, outweigh the micro scale issues of losing a
portion of a spruce woodlot.If this area were an endangered habitat, i
might feel differently.

My 2 cents,
Jeff Gerbracht



On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Nari Mistry  wrote:

> There is urgent need for lovers of birds and wildlife along Dodge Rd. to
> be aware of imminent developments along Dodge Rd.
>
> The massive industrial scale solar farm proposed in all the Cornell owned
> fields along Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd (as well as Turkey Hill Rd.) is
> planning to start construction in a few weeks.  There was a hearing in
> Dryden last Thursday at which many residents spoke out against the massive
> scale of the project which will devastate wildlife habitat.
>
> We have just learned this morning from a member of the Dryden Conservation
> Board that they are proposing to cut down the Spruce Woods bordering the
> WEST side of Dodge Rd. because they will shadow the panels slated to go
> right along the very edge of Dodge R. next to a (barbed-wire topped) fence!
>
> If you are concerned about this assault and the effect of replacing all
> the grassland in the fields with sod under the panels (and herbicides???),
> please write immediately to the Dryden Town Board and ATTEND THE PLANNING
> BOARD MEETING  scheduled on THIS Thursday March 23, at 7pm at the Dryden
> Town Hall on Main Street.
>
> Please express your opinion that may help reduce the scale of this
> commercial operation that will devastate wildlife in this favorite location
> for viewing wildlife!
>
>  Nari & Gin Mistry
>
>  Ellis Hollow rd.
>
>
>
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] URGENT ALERT: Dodge Rd Spruce Woods may be cut down for massive Solar Farm on Dodge rd, STARTING in APRIL !!

[Tobias Dean]

I am not sure if the admins of this list want this subject covered here but
I can't embrace this viewpoint. Small patches of woods are constantly being
cut for residential development without the benefit of providing clean
energy. Cornell owns these woods I presume.
 I don't have any more details than provided here so perhaps I don't
have the full story. We can continue to get our energy from far away which
involve fracking or coal burning and I think all birders agree these have
an enormous impact on wildlife.
  Or we can learn to tolerate this kind of development.
  Interestingly I just noticed some local resistance to a solar farm
proposed adjacent to a rural cemetery out Groton/Cortland way.


On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:48 AM Nari Mistry  wrote:

> There is urgent need for lovers of birds and wildlife along Dodge Rd. to
> be aware of imminent developments along Dodge Rd.
>
> The massive industrial scale solar farm proposed in all the Cornell
> owned fields along Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd (as well as Turkey Hill
> Rd.) is planning to start construction in a few weeks.  There was a
> hearing in Dryden last Thursday at which many residents spoke out
> against the massive scale of the project which will devastate wildlife
> habitat.
>
> We have just learned this morning from a member of the Dryden
> Conservation Board that they are proposing to cut down the Spruce Woods
> bordering the WEST side of Dodge Rd. because they will shadow the panels
> slated to go right along the very edge of Dodge R. next to a
> (barbed-wire topped) fence!
>
> If you are concerned about this assault and the effect of replacing all
> the grassland in the fields with sod under the panels (and
> herbicides???), please write immediately to the Dryden Town Board and
> ATTEND THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING  scheduled on THIS Thursday March 23,
> at 7pm at the Dryden Town Hall on Main Street.
>
> Please express your opinion that may help reduce the scale of this
> commercial operation that will devastate wildlife in this favorite
> location for viewing wildlife!
>
>   Nari & Gin Mistry
>
>   Ellis Hollow  Rd
>
> --
>
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Ithaca NY 14850
t...@tobiasdean.com
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