The 8,500-acre facility in Portage County would encroach on the Buena Vista State Wildlife Areas, home to most of the threatened birds in the state.
The plan for a massive solar energy development in Portage County has caused conservationists to sound the alarm over the project`s potential detrimental impacts to Wisconsin`s threatened population of greater prairie chickens.
The Vista Sands Solar Farm would span about 8,500 acres in the towns of Buena Vista, Grant and Plover. As proposed it would be the state`s largest solar development.
It has raised concerns due to its planned location, in many cases abutting the Buena Vista State Wildlife Area...
The Vista Sands Solar Farm would span about 8,500 acres in the towns of Buena Vista, Grant and Plover. As proposed it would be the state`s largest solar development.
It has raised concerns due to its planned location, in many cases abutting the Buena Vista State Wildlife Area...
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