Deerfield Wind Project DEIS Comments
Comments were submitted in response to Deerfield Wind, the first wind energy facility proposed on national forest system lands in the country.
This project, based in the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont, raises significant issues including:
- NEPA violations
- impacts to black bears and bats
- violation of the NHPA
- project development in an area long proposed for Wilderness designation (Lamb Brook)
- violation of a court injunction limiting activity in Lamb Brook
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Wendy Loya, Ph.D.
Dr. Wendy Loya joined The Wilderness Society in 2006 as our Alaska Region Ecologist. Her work focuses primarily on climate change and northern ecosystems. An overarching objective of her work is understanding how the cumulative impacts of climate change and industrial development can be quantified to achieve a better understanding of future ecosystem health and potential mitigation solutions.
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