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> Kirby to hold wind power meetings
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> KIRBY (AP) - Town officials will hold a meeting this fall to gather the
> public's opinion about wind energy.
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> The decision came after the select board was asked on Monday to sigh a
> letter calling for a moratorium on all wind projects.
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> Cathy Sargent, who wrote the letters, and other
members of a group called
> the Kingdom Commons Group, said they were not opposed to renewable energy
> but were concerned that three of the four proposed major wind projects in
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> location of the wind farms, not the concept, the group said.
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> In June 2002, enXco, a wind power development
company, approached the
> state about installing 171-foot-high towers on Umpire and Kirby mountains
> located in the
> about the use of state lands for such ventures.
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> People are also upset that many wind turbines over 300 feet tall could dot
> the ridgeline south and north of
> view. They believe the towers will drive tourists away and cause
their
> property values to plummet.