[MassHistPres] Test Message on New Masshistpres

[Jeanne van Orman]

Dear Ms. Durkin,
I would very much appreciate having a copy. I have an historic  property
on Buzzards Bay near a site being considered for a wind farm. Thank you,
Sincerely,
Jeanne Van Orman

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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 




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