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Your Comments on the Humboldt Wind Energy Project DEIR Needed!

From the Draft Environmental Impact Report, the yellow dots represent the potential turbine placements. Photo Illustration by Jonathan Webster.

There is a wind energy project proposed for the hills just outside of Scotia, California. The project is proposed in a precarious location—along Monument and Bear River Ridges between the Eel River and the ocean, and overlapping in part with the Cape Mendocino Grasslands Important Bird Area.

Due to its location, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife warned in an early letter to the county that the location was one with “High or Uncertain Impacts to Wildlife." But there are ways to reduce the operational impacts of wind energy on wildlife. Many of these, however, have been left out of the project—at least for now. The Draft Environmental Impact Report is where EPIC and the public can influence the design and development of the project. Make your voice and concerns heard by signing the comment letter below.

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Comment on Humboldt Wind Energy Project

Subject: Comment on Humboldt Wind Energy Project

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Dear Planning Director Ford, I am very concerned about the proposed wind project from Humboldt Wind, LLC. While climate change is a serious threat to Humboldt County, poorly sited and developed wind projects can cause drastic environmental impacts. As the DEIR makes clear, the project is likely to result in death of numerous special-status species, such as the marbled murrelet, and may cause population-level impacts to once-numerous species, such as the hoary bat. In turn, the DEIR fails to take adequate measures to avoid, minimize, and compensate for these significant impacts. The DEIR must be revised to incorporate additional mitigation measures to reduce impacts below a level of significance. These include, among other things, proper siting of wind turbines to avoid impacts, operational curtailments during high-risk periods, and incorporation of deterrence technologies. These project changes are reasonable, having been adopted at other wind projects elsewhere in California and the United States, and would reduce impacts to wildlife. Furthermore, the County needs to insist on a robust and meaningful adaptive management program to continue to monitor and minimize impacts throughout the life of the project. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this very important matter. Sincerely,

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