Resident Louella urges Franklin County to deny data-center rezoning over endangered-species concerns

A resident identified at the meeting as Louella told the Franklin County Commission she is asking officials to deny several rezoning applications and to pause proposed regulatory changes to allow independent environmental impact studies. "There are less than 20 red wolves left in the wild," Louella said, and she urged the commission to consider a local breeding program she said exists in Franklin County.

Louella told commissioners she had emailed Clerk Jasper and requested an accommodation process after encountering access issues at meetings; she later handed the commission a written email outlining her objections (file no. 250269, which she identified by number). She asked that the first three rezoning requests — including applications tied to Diamond Farms and BLE land holdings — be denied under…