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Residents tell Marathon County committee planned 1,000‑acre solar arrays threaten farmland and local businesses
Summary
Public commenters at the Dec. 2 Environmental Resources Committee meeting urged supervisors to use zoning and planning to protect farmland and agritourism from proposed 1,000‑acre solar projects, citing loss of views, long-term contracts and public-safety concerns over battery storage.
Several residents addressed the Marathon County Environmental Resources Committee on Dec. 2 to warn that large solar developments proposed near small communities would affect farmland, views and local businesses.
Dean Beck, Towne Easton chairman, said he was surprised by elements of the draft manure-management ordinance but also raised alarm over “a potential of a large solar array” planned near his town and said his community had received…
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