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Residents urge stronger protections on farmland, wildlife and public safety over wind, solar and battery projects
Summary
At the Marathon County Executive Committee hearing, multiple residents and farmers urged stronger Comprehensive Plan language to protect farmland, prime soils, wildlife and local infrastructure, and raised health, emergency-response and property-value concerns related to utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage projects.
Multiple residents, landowners and farmers told the Marathon County Executive Committee during its public hearing that the Comprehensive Plan 2026 should include clearer, stronger language to protect farmland, wildlife and public safety from the impacts of utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage projects.
Cindy Nelson of Stratford said heavy equipment for turbine construction will damage gravel township roads and asked who will be responsible for repairs: "Who is going to be repairing the roads? Is it going to be the county or is it going to be the township?" She also raised concerns about soil contamination if turbines leak fluids and about emergency response needs for battery storage fires.
Mike Lang, who said his town is in the…
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