September 7, 2012
California
California
More desert damage from Ocotillo Wind Energy Project?
By William Howell | San Diego Reader | www.sandiegoreader.com 6 September 2012
By William Howell | San Diego Reader | www.sandiegoreader.com 6 September 2012
On September 6, this photo was taken by Pam Wilmers in a private aircraft 5000 feet above a chain of sites carved into BLM land at the west end of Ocotillo Valley as part of the Ocotillo Wind Energy Project.
The access roads and sites are a point of concern to residents because they run east-west directly across the natural drainage coming into the valley from the Jacumba Mountains.
A group of village citizens will be attempting to obtain a temporary restraining order tomorrow, September 7, in San Diego federal court to stop the damage to the desert.
The project is to include 111 towers almost 500′ tall along SR-2 where I-8 enters the Imperial Valley.
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/09/07/more-desert-damage-from-ocotillo-wind-energy-project/