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More will arrive in our area with recently passed federal funding to update the national and regional electrical grid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/f0fcea5d-6505-475b-8f49-462ef8ea6991/THE+TRUE+QUICK+FACTS.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/ac3d0666-07e3-4de9-a99f-bf9e3d7847b0/Guardians+Facebook+I+wish+their+were+turbines+coming+out+of+everyones+ears+Part+1.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627305116358-S5CT7RR34O5RD6BT8IHS/district+map.png Home - Make it stand out Map of “easy targets” for wind development commissioned by the State of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627069203343-PMIY1VF1BBO89U4EXQOQ/Turbine+height.jpg Home - Make it stand out Turbine height relative to known landmarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/8419150a-c7cc-4564-945f-43946f254d72/Guardians+Mailer+-+Visibility.jpg Home - The wind developer has shown a few “artist renditions” of what turbines will look like, choosing select locations in low lying areas. Is he kidding? “if the goal is for substantial residential development or growth of tourism, wind may not be right” “if potential home builders or tourists are drawn to the community because of your view, that is likely to change” Dr. Sarah Mills, University of Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1626808643498-7VCYIH2QIZT7V1YJD6BS/no+wind+turbines.png Home - Ready to join the fight? 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height & Visibility - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627304677498-IPNLKWGVMSGI3JKHUTJI/Michigan+wind+turbine.png Tower height & Visibility - Make it stand out From https://www.michigan.gov/documents/climateandenergy/Planning-ZoningforWindSlides_723457_7.pdf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/96d0f05a-be7f-4726-807e-b6e66dcc08d6/Guardians+Mailer+-+Visibility.jpg Tower height & Visibility https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/noise daily 0.75 2021-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627499667257-PKL1P583RLZCUJALXHSJ/location-decible.png Noise - Make it stand out Data from: https://www.noisequest.psu.edu/noisebasics-basics.html & Wind Turbines and Sound: Review and Best Practice Guidelines (report prepared by Howe Gastmeier Chapnik Limited, 2007). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627492782489-7VJ8OXX3Y96TNUQHT3N4/turbine+noise.png Noise - Make it stand out Noise source distribution in the rotor plane of an industrial wind turbine (red is highest noise) (photo from Oerlemans, S., National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands, Report No., NLR-TP-2011-066, 2011) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627499549262-T4T7DLX36BMV15ZB7SP9/Change+in+decible.png Noise - Make it stand out Table adapted from: https://pulsarinstruments.com/en/post/understanding-3db-rule https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/property-values daily 0.75 2021-07-26 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/impact-on-hunting daily 0.75 2022-02-22 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/impact-on-raptors-and-songbirds daily 0.75 2021-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627299926471-KOG58K82E76VHLUBZC2E/study.png Impact on raptors and 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Note that more recent raptor counts in the UP now are reported in the tens of thousands). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1626887034120-SN6WH369B2RSSG6FO25N/Migratory+raptors.png Impact on raptors and songbirds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/health daily 0.75 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/887b6b4d-97dd-416f-ad8e-c05ff8fc5198/Guardians+Mailer+-+Veterans.jpg Health - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/tax-subsidies daily 0.75 2021-07-26 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/how-many-more-turbines daily 0.75 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627305116358-S5CT7RR34O5RD6BT8IHS/district+map.png How many more turbines? - Make it stand out From https://www.michigan.gov/documents/energy/Wind_final_681759_7.pdf https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/impact-on-bats daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1627300265532-I7AFOCLFPHT6C904G8UH/Bat+map.png Impact on bats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/creation-of-local-jobs-is-a-myth daily 0.75 2022-01-24 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/electricity-bills-will-not-decrease daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/uppco-already-meets-michigans-renewable-energy-standard daily 0.75 2022-07-19 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/will-this-improve-our-schools daily 0.75 2022-01-20 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/is-our-wind-any-good daily 0.75 2021-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1629054766964-1LQ1ELRKZU00CCFY6TWN/best+wind+in+US.jpg Is our wind any good? https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/impact-on-local-roads daily 0.75 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/9f377322-dd77-47fa-aaf0-c5bcf14e65ce/picture+of+turbine+on+road.png Impact on Local Roads - Local Government pays for Significant Road Damage The Wind Developer fails to mention that wind farms produce heavy construction traffic that most county roads are not designed to accommodate. The MN Department of Transportation reports these construction projects cause severe damage to the roadways, and can generate truck traffic in one season that can exceed 20-year estimates used in design. Township and County will pay for damaged roads damaged by the wind developer. https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/decommissioning-who-pays-what-is-really-recycled daily 0.75 2022-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/496fcb80-fb4e-4a7d-b524-1d1b61550ce7/minerals+required+for+green+tech.jpg Decommissioning: Who Pays, What is Really Recycled? - Make it stand out Figure from Institute for Sustainable Development, Report available at: https://www.iisd.org/story/green-conflict-minerals/ https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/let-us-hear-from-woman-living-downstate daily 0.75 2022-02-22 https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/where-will-you-see-turbines daily 0.75 2022-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1655171615387-YF1OSCIJQGFNWTK2E696/Adams_Township+Viewshed+Map.jpg WHERE WILL YOU SEE TURBINES - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1655171703095-UIJJFA31JFXZ4W6MC1ET/Houghton+County+Viewshed+Map.jpg WHERE WILL YOU SEE TURBINES - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/1655171775329-FTSN1HFXPKDFIOT7WLVX/Stanton_Township+Viewshed+Map.jpg WHERE WILL YOU SEE TURBINES - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/nature-conservancy-smart-wind-map daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/f550be12-5e60-40be-877d-76c9b452b8f8/nature+conservancy+map.jpg Nature Conservancy Smart Wind Map https://www.guardiansofthekeweenawridge.org/industrial-solar-found-to-harm-bats daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f19d2d911baf24930917d6/2402c910-701c-48eb-bdaa-fe42e1336acf/MAPS+FOR+on+Bats+and+Industrial+Solar+August+19+2023.jpg