Prime Farmland Is Protected in Buchanan County
Buchanan County’s Comprehensive Plan already protects prime farmland against encroachment from non-agricultural commercial interests. We need to keep it that…
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Fact Check: Did P&Z Really Propose Condemning Land?
In a recent letter to the editor of the Independence Bulletin Journal, Allen Miller claimed that the Buchanan County P&Z…
March 6th P&Z WECS Meeting With Audio
On Wednesday evening, March 6, 2024, the Buchanan County P&Z Commission met to discuss the Wind Energy Conversion System Regulations…
Iowa Wind Turbine Catches Fire, Burns Farm Field
A massive fire at a wind turbine in Adair County destroyed the turbine and also burned a nearby farm field.…
Four Months Later, New York Hay Farm is Still Unusable
On March 28th, a wind turbine at NextEra’s Eight Point Wind Facility near Greenwood, New York caught fire. As usual,…
Enough is Enough for Iowa
Wind Energy companies like to claim that wind turbines take up very little farm land. But do they really? The…