Better Plan, Wisconsin

We're putting together a list of counties in Wisconsin where we know wind developers have been "prospecting"-- so that residents have a chance to get their town governments to get a wind ordinance in place. Unfortunately, by the time most of us hear an industrial scale wind farm is coming to our area, it's already a done deal.

We're grateful to those who have contacted us to let us know they've been approached by wind developers.If you know of any towns and counties we've missed, contact us by clicking here and let us know!


WIND DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN

BROWN COUNTY
Town of Glenmore

BUFFALO COUNTY

CALUMET COUNTY

Town of Brothertown

Town of Charlesburg
Town of Chilton
Town of Lincoln
Town of New Holstein
Town of Rantoul
Town of Stockbridge

COLUMBIA COUNTY
Town of Arlington Town of Cambria Town of Leeds
Town of Randolf
Town of Scott

DANE COUNTY
Town of Springfield

DODGE COUNTY
Town of Herman
Town of Rubicon

DOOR COUNTY
Town of Clay Banks

FOND DU LAC COUNTY

Town of Ashford

Town of Brownsville

Town of Byron
Town of Eden
Town of Empire

GRANT COUNTY
Cuba City
Town of Hazel Green
Town of Paris
Town of Plattville
Town of Smelser

IOWA COUNTY

Town of Montfort

KEWAUNEE COUNTY
Town of Casco

LAFAYETTE COUNTY
Town of Belmont
Town of Seymour

MANITOWAC COUNTY
Town of Mishicot
Town of Two Creeks
Town of Two Rivers

MONROE COUNTY
Town of Ridgeville
Town of Wilton

OUTGAMIE COUNTY
Town of Kaukauna

OZAUKEE COUNTY
Town of Freedonia

ROCK COUNTY
Town of Center
Town of Janesville
Town of Spring Valley
Town of Magnolia
Town of Union

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY
Town of Rhine

TREMPEALEAU COUNTY

Town of Arcadia

Town of Ettrick

VERNON COUNTY
Town of Westby

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Town of Addison

Town of Nabob

Town of West Bend

Though Magnolia Township has a wind ordinance with a 2640 setback, there will be a big legislative push in 2009 to take away all local contol over the siting of industrial wind turbines and hand it to the Public Service Commission. The Public Service Commission believes 1000 foot setback from homes is all we need.

The wind developer wants to put 67 forty story turbines in Magnolia Township. WHERE WILL THEY PUT THE TURBINES?

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This Map Shows Our Highest Ground

Where will they put 67 turbines that are 400 feet tall each? (that's as tall as the big radio tower south of Evansville)

BPRC contacted EcoEnergy to ask for a map, and were told they had no map to distribute that would be reliable. We then asked if we could assume that the turbines would be sited on the high ground of Magnolia Township and were told that "as a general rule, wind turbines are sited on high, open areas, where there are few obstructions to block the wind."

This is a map of where the high grounds are located in our community. There are documented problems from wind turbine noise and shadow flicker for homes located within 1.5 miles of a turbine. Where will they all go? How close will they be to your home?

These maps were made by overlaying the 2005 Rock County Platbook map with the Rock County Elevation map obtained from the Rock County Department of Planning and Development. The blue and pink areas indicate highgrounds which is where industrial wind turbines are normally sited.