October 8, 2011
Minnesota
Minnesota
Goodhue County Board approves wetlands swap for wind farm
By Brett Boese, The Post-Bulletin, www.postbulletin.com 8 October 2011
By Brett Boese, The Post-Bulletin, www.postbulletin.com 8 October 2011
RED WING – Goodhue County commissioner Dan Rechtzigel characterized Tuesday’s approval of a wetlands replacement plan for the AWA Goodhue wind project as routine, noting dozens of others have been passed without nary a complaint.
“If it wouldn’t have been the wind applicant, it wouldn’t have been an issue,” he said.
But it only passed by a 3-2 split vote, and citizens are up in arms about the process.
The vote came with some intrigue. Read about it in Wednesday’s print edition.
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/08/goodhue-county-board-approves-wetlands-swap-for-wind-farm/