Conservation groups warn McHenry County board to protect Hackmatack corridor from fragmentation
Friends of Hackmatack and the Environmental Defenders told the zoning board the proposed 20-acre community solar site sits in a landscape corridor that supports species movement and asked for mitigation measures, native seed mixes and an ecological management consultant; staff said IDNR recommendations will be required as conditions.
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Members of Friends of Hackmatack and other conservation groups told the Zoning Board of Appeals the petition parcel lies inside a landscape corridor identified by federal and county maps and that the project risks fragmenting habitat connectivity between protected areas.
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