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Wisconsin Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
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    • 1.Transcript from 5/12/09 Turbine Siting Hearing
    • 2.From Wind Farm Residents
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  • The Brownsville Diary- Wind Turbine Noise Log
  • Town of Union Wind Ordinance
  • Town of Magnolia Wind Ordinance/ approved July 200
  • THE WIND DEVELOPER'S PLAY BOOK: 231-1
  • Town of Chilton WI Wind Energy Systems Ordinance
  • Town of Clay Banks Wind Ordinance-Approved 5/3/08
  • Town Of Clay Banks Wind Ordinance Appendix
  • Town of Wilton, Monroe County WI Wind Ordinance
  • Town of Woodville (adoped December 2007)
  • Calumet County Wind Energy Facility Ordinance
  • Manitowoc County Wind Ordinance
  • The Trempeleau County Wind Ordinance
  • 2/07 Wisconsin State Draft Model Wind Ordinance
  • Town of Union Final Report
  • What Happened in Lincoln Township? (word doc)
  • Known Health and Safety Issues
  • Dr. Pierpont Wind Turbine Syndrome Abstract
  • Proposed Wind Energy Permitting Changes for WI
  • 30 Suggestions for Wind Power Leases for Farmers
  • Wisconsin Farmer Regrets Signing Wind Contract
  • Ecological Impacts of Wind Enegy on Bats
  • Dr. Pierpont and WPPI Letter
  • Biomass potential for the State of Wisconsin
  • Low Benefit from Industrial Wind/ Eric Rosenbloom
  • 5/1/08 Lawsuit against Wind Farm Owner
  • Map Brownsville, WI Turbine Layout
  • Tazewell County IL Property Values/Wind Farms
  • Vestas 2007 V-90 /V100 Turbine Safety Manual
  • Town of Ridgeville Wind Ordinance--approved 8/4/08
  • Guide to sound-related siting of Wind Turbines
  • REF Study on Wind Power's Inability to Reduce CO2
  • Flight For Life Won't Land In Wisconsin Windfarm
  • A Step By Step look at creating an ordinance
  • Invenergy TV Reception Restoration Contract
  • AEI report: Wind Energy Noise Impacts
  • Alberts: Primer for Addressing Wind Turbine Noise
  • Wind Turbine Noise and Vibroacoustic Disease
  • Bajek, Christoper: Wind Farm Noise & Stakeholders
  • French Academy of Medicine: Wind Turbine Noise
  • Frey & Hadden: Health Effects /Wind Turbine Noise
  • Harding: Epilepsy and Wind Turbine Shadow Flicker
  • Wind Turbines, Noise and Health: Harry, A. MD 2007
  • Richard James: Testimony of Sound Expert 2008
  • National Academy of Sciences 2007 Report
  • Pedersen: Impacts of Wind Farms on Residents 2008
  • Noise Annoyance from Wind Turbines, Pedersen 2003
  • "Wind Turbine Noise: Annoyance and Consequences
  • Heath Effects of Wind Turbine Noise- Pierpont 2006
  • Wind Turbine Acoustic Noise- Rogers, A. PhD, 2006
  • Wind Farm Noise and Regulations in Eastern U.S.A.
  • An Investigation into Wind Farms and Noise 2006
  • Wind Turbine Sound at Night: Van den Berg, G.P. 04
  • World Health Organization: On Sleep and Health 04
  • Vibro-Acoustic Disease Press Release 2007
  • Reabe Spraying Service Letter
  • Congressional Research Report: Wind Power, USA
  • Public Health Impacts of Wind Turbines MN 2009
  • Bird and Bat Mortality Study Protocol
  • Court of Appeals Eckert Brothers VS Calumet County
  • Sleep Disturbance and Wind Turbine Noise 2009
  • Glacier Hills Non Participating Landowners Map
  • NY State Wind Developer Ethics Code July 2009
  • 2009 Wisconsin Wind Turbine Siting Reform Bills
  • 9/09 Glacier Hills Environmental Impact Statement
  • Windfarm Woes: Country Farm October 2009
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We are committed to providing the most accurate information possible about the industrial wind farm proposed for our community and to investigate other renewable energy options for our area. If there is ANYTHING on our website that is inaccurate, please contact us immediately at betterplan.rockcounty@gmail.com.(to contact us, click here) We will be glad to verify your information and correct any errors.

  • Helpful Links
    • National Wind-Watch
      Important source of information, news, and documents related to industrial wind turbines in the U.S. and throughout the world.
    • windaction.org
      Excellent source of information, news and documents related to Industrial Wind Turbines
    • Dr. Nina Pierpont / Wind Turbine Syndrome
      Read the abstract of the peer reviewed study which will be released this fall about the health effects of living closer than 1.5 miles to an industrial wind turbine.
    • WINDCOWS
      Our sister website in Manitowac County, Wisconsin. They do great work.
    • VIDEOS posted by Better Plan, Wisconsin
      See video interviews with Wisconsin residents living with turbines. Also videos about the impact of industrial scale turbines on wildlife.
    • Wind Turbine Testimonies from Michigan's Thumb
      A compilation of letters written by residents and homeowners who have been negatively affected by wind turbines placed too close to their homes
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  • Videos About Wind Farms

    • Home in a wind farm: What turbines look like next homes
      Photos and video footage of homes and turbines in the wind farms of Fond du Lac and Dodge Counties. The setbacks in this video were approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Residents of this wind farm are living with the results
    • Industrial Wind Turbine Noise and Shadow Flicker / Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
      Fire Chief of the town of Byron, Wisconsin made this video to show the impact of turbines sited too close to homes in Fond Du Lac County
    • Life with Industrial Turbines in Wisconsin Part One
      An interview with a Fond du Lac County resident about what the wind farm has done to his community
    • Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin Part 2
      What's it like to have a 40 story turbine 1100 feet from your home? A resident living inside of the Invenergy Wind Farm in Fond du Lac County lets us know.
    • Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin Part 3
      Resident who is hosting turbines speaks about money, setbacks, neighbors going "sour" on him, envy and jet engine sounds.
    • Life with Industrial Turbines in Wisconsin Part 4
      Horicon Marsh Systems advocates who fought to get a two mile setback from the marsh to protect wild life from the impact of industrial wind turbines talk about their experience. The Horicon Marsh is considered to be a wild life refuge of global importance
    • Wind Farm Remorse, noise, shadows, and farmland torn apart.
      This story appeared on the news in Milwaukee, WI on May 7, 2008
    • The Heartbreak of Wisconsin's Horicon Marsh
      In the spring of 2008 along Wisconsin's Horicon Marsh, 86 industrial wind turbines went on liine just two miles from the marsh, which is considered to be a wetland of global importance.Wind developers want to put them closer.
    • Town of Union Chairman of Wind Study Commitee Presents Findings Part 1
      Municipal Judge and Chairman of the Union Township Large WInd Turbine Study Committee, Tom Alisankus Presents their findings in 3 videos
    • What's that noise? What Wind Turbines Sound Like
      A video recording of turbine noise in Ontario. Could you live with this?
    • Town of Union Wind Turbine Study Commitee Findings part 2
      Part Two
    • Town of Union Wind Turbine Study Committee Findings Part 3
    • What Will a Wind Farm Do To Your Property Value?
      People who know, tell it like it is. A realtor speaks about the impact the wind farms have had on property values an the ablitily to sell your property at all.
    • Why Setbacks are important
      What happens when the turbines brakes fail? Watch this turbine collapse and know why set backs are important
    • What do you mean turbine construction will be hard on our roads?
      What's involved in constructing a turbine? A lot of heavy equipment on our roads.
    • The Wind Farm at Little Bay: How Close Is Too Close?
      This video was made by Wind Wise Fairhaven, Mass. It is 11 mins long and gives a good introduction to the problems a windfarm can bring to nearby residents.
    • Welcome to Mars Hill
      Interviews with members of a community whose lives were profoundly changed by a new wind farm. Courtesy of it creators, Carol and Paul Brouha and Bobbie Kinnell of Vermont, the Mountain Land Owners Association of Mars Hill, and Rick Bolton of New York.
    • The Voices of Tug Hill
      An eye-opening documentary featuring interviews with farmers who live near a working wind farm in rural New York. Hunters and farmers talk about the dramatic loss of deer, turkey and other game populations since the windfarm was built.
    • VIDEOS FROM KANSAS
      Click on any of these to watch short videos about property values, health and safety, and other concerns.
    • What's involved in constructing a wind farm?
      Wind farms: what's involved in building and maintaining them from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
    • Living Next Door to a Wind Farm
      Australia, 21 MB.
    • A World-Wide Problem-- A Farmers Wife In Wales
      A farmers wife in Wales talks about the wind farm in her community and questionable benefits to the environment.
    • The Hills are Alive with the sound of Heavy Trucks Hauling Turbine Parts
      Coming soon to a road near you?