“A wide variety of about 200 trees are being removed on the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course property this week to get 26 acres of the town-owned site prepared for installation of a 6.44-megawatt solar array and 3,500-kilowatt battery system. Assistant Town Manager David Ziomek said on Jan. 25 that the felling of trees, … [Read more…]
“A swath of land is being cleared along a section of Cotuit Road in South Sandwich to make way for a 4.4 megawatt solar field, which was approved by voters at the 2021 Town Meeting. The ground-mounted solar array is being built on an 18.8 acre parcel of land at 180 Cotuit Road that … [Read more…]
“Don’t cut trees to install solar panels It is crazy to cut forests to place solar panels! This letter is inspired by Chad Arnold’s article (“Town weighs moratorium on solar farms”) in the Nov. 13 Daily Gazette and is a prelude to my letter to Governor Hochul. Trees capture carbon dioxide, cool and moisturize … [Read more…]
“A plan to maintain the city’s “community forest,” which consists of thousands of trees found along roadways and parks, is set to be reviewed publicly later this month. The city’s Community Forest Management Plan recommends spending thousands over a seven year period to grow the number of trees throughout the city and maintain the … [Read more…]
“In my youth, I strapped on my backpack and took a literary journey. I traveled to the western islands of Scotland, to retrace the 18th-Century footsteps of Samuel Johnson and his biographer, and friend, James Boswell. I felt prepared with my pen and blank book, my sleeping bag and tube tent, to lay my … [Read more…]
“In a development that opponents of the project say was carried out with astonishing speed, work crews hired by Crossgates Mall owner Pyramid Management on Thursday removed most of the trees on the site of a planned Costco store and gas station. The work came to an abrupt halt Thursday afternoon when Guilderland Supervisor … [Read more…]
Project site is home to endangered long eared bats therefore tree clearing is allowed between October 31st thru March 31st. SEQR regulations 617.3(a) “Project sponsor may not commence any physical alteration to an action until SEQR has been complied with” There is community concern that clearing cutting occurred while SEQR was in effect. planet.com … [Read more…]
Planet.com satellite images October 5, 2019 and June 9, 2019. Provided to Duanesburg Planning Board Chair and Vice- Chair September 16, 2019. Provided to Duanesburg Planning Board September 19, 2019. image sheet PDF