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Lake Tamarisk residents ask Riverside County to require a 1-mile buffer, citing threats from large Easley Solar project
Summary
Residents from Desert Center told the board the Easley Solar Project would place utility-scale panels within 100 feet of Lake Tamarisk and urged the county to adopt a 'Respect Lake Tamarisk' alternative with a 1-mile buffer, dust controls and aquifer protections to preserve community character and wildlife.
Multiple residents of the Desert Center and Lake Tamarisk area urged Riverside County supervisors to impose stronger siting conditions on the proposed Easley Solar Project during public comment on April 2.
Theresa Pierce, representing the Active Communities of Desert Center, said the proposed Easley project by Intercept Power would occupy approximately 37,000 acres of federal and private land and come within 100 feet of Lake Tamarisk. She told the board the project as proposed would isolate Lake Tamarisk "into an industrial sea of solar panels" and said her community had petitioned for a five-mile buffer more than…
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