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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 10 > Wind farm would be area’s first

Wind farm would be area’s first

Proposed project facing scrutiny over sage grouse habitat

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
January 10, 2009

A 10,000-acre ranch that stretches into both Crook and Deschutes counties could be the site for Central Oregon’s first commercial wind farm.

Surrounded by junipers and shrubs, 34 to 52 wind turbines approximately 400 to 574 feet tall would occupy about 20 acres of the ranch, perched on....

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