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[Bjdurk at aol.com]

Dear Mr Skelly:
 
You have likely read the Globe this morning, and the article regarding  the 
Audubon Society's review and support of the wind farm.  I have offered  my 
response to this headline to the Jack Clarke of MA Audubon, with a copy to  
contributor, Beth Daley of the Boston Globe.   
 
I am the nominator of Nantucket Sound to the National Trust for Historic  
Preservation for their consideration of this place as one of America's Most  
Endangered Historic Places 2006.  
If you wish to have a copy of this nomination, I will gladly furnish you  
with one.  I am available at any time should you have any questions  regarding 
the National Trust nomination. 
 
Thank you for the confirmation of my email address and membership on  your 
list service.  
 
 
Best Regards,
 
Barbara Durkin
Northboro, MA
Telephone (508) 393-1715
 
   
Dear  Mr. Clarke:
 
 
The Cape Wind project under consideration for  permit in Nantucket Sound is 
proposed for a site selected by  the developer.  We did not anticipate the 
impending industrial  proliferation of our ocean area, and or our need to place 
constraints  on development of this precious resource.  We are in a precarious 
ad hoc review of  this project as we have not created a comprehensive Master 
Plan for our  ocean that directs development of this nascent technology of 
offshore wind  energy generation.   
There is  extraordinary risk associated with siting a wind facility in an 
area  within the eastern US migratory bird flyway known as  Nantucket Sound. The 
Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and  the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act apply to Cape Wind in this identified bird, and  protected 
marine mammal, and Essential Fish Habitat.   
Economic hardship due to shut downs, and in  some cases-project failure, is 
the result of the violation of the laws that  protect many species and the 
associated legal ramifications.   The international community recognizes  that  
project failure and economic hardship will result when wind towers  are placed 
in areas of high bird concentration.        
California A.G. Bill Locklear has responded regarding the  legal implications 
of the deaths of thousands of birds in Altamont, CA. in an area of high bird 
concentration:     
Bill Lockyer, A.G. of CA to the Almeda County Board of Supervisors in his  
letter of July 6, 2005. 
“The ongoing harm to protected bird species at the APRWA  is serious and 
unacceptable.”    “Because the APWA is the largest of its  kind in the world, 
what happens here could set an important precedent for how  these issues are 
addressed elsewhere in California and the United  States.”   
Henning Grastrup, the offshore pioneer  and key figure in the Danish 
government’s  first programme for wind energy research, retired after 31 years with 
Danish  utility Elsam recently was interviewed regarding this subject: 
What lessons have we learned in planning the Horns Rev project,  Henning? 
“I think the most important lesson is that if there are concerns about  bird 
restrictions from the European Commission, for instance, they should be  taken 
seriously because they will not go away.  I have seen some international 
projects  failing to make progress because the warnings were not taken  seriously.”
 
Thank You, 
Barbara Durkin 
48 Moore Lane 
Northboro, MA  01532 
Telephone (508) 393-1715