Dear Editor,
In response to the April 21st article titled: "Alexander's majestic new residents", I have to ask, who really is protecting America's most beloved bird, the American Bald Eagle? How much money and time has been spent over the years bringing our national symbol back to life. Alexander's Town Supervisor Ruth Hulshoff definitely has one thing right, they're wonderful and a sight to behold. My family and I were able to have the same feelings back in March of 2005.
My mother had the same experience in October of 2005. It took 36 years of my life to see our national symbol in the wild. Both of these eagle sitings were located near wind turbines #11, 12, 13, 68, 69, and 70 of the proposed Dairy Hills Wind Plant. We also have eagles nesting in the Iroquois Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, with another Horizon proposed Industrial Wind Plant. Now eagles are nesting in Alexander. Last I read in the Daily, Alexander was considering Industrial Wind Turbines 480' tall.
After Western N.Y. has 3000-5000 IWT's, how many American Bald Eagles will be left? Is our government, along with the wind turbine salespeople going to team up to train this bird how to fly around all these moving objects. How does a wind turbine company mitigate killing a national symbol? With over half of these companies being foreign owned, one has to wonder if they care at all about our heritage.
This all leads back to my original question- who is protecting our beloved bird? Is it the DEC, our Planning boards, Town boards, or how about our County Planning boards? Ultimately, who will be held responsible when the eagles are slaughtered by the wind turbines? Will it fall to the wind companies, the landowners, or Town and County boards? For those boards who have taken the time to protect this bird and so much more, I thank you.
With all these turbines coming, I just wonder if our future generations will ever have the pleasure of seeing what my family saw back in 2005.
Greed money from a wind plant.....no big deal. Seeing our American Bald Eagle in the wild.....PRICELESS!!!
Gerald C. Sahrle II Castile, NY
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