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Important Meeting October 20 -- Please attend!

Alliances Urges Members to Attend Converse County Planning Board Meeting on October 20, 2009

Based upon petitions received to date from citizens opposing large-scale industrial wind power (550 petitions) and large-scale transmission development (663 petitions) in the Northern Laramies, the Northern Laramie Range Alliance has requested a moratorium on large-scale industrial development (over $10 million) there, to allow time for the County Commissioners to consider a resolution providing permanent protection for this area of the County.

We need your support, so PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND this key meeting and let your Planning Board know how you feel about proposals to industrialize the mountains.

For information, a Wasatch Wind affiliate (Pioneer Wind Park, LLC) has leased wind rights in the mountains and applied for wind-use permits on more than 7000 acres of state land, including much of the Duncan ranch. This is just the beginning....

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