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The solar mess on Lions gate is still a mess, even after they told Commissioner Nichols that it would be cleaned up and restored to it's natural state.

"Just outside Bonanza, OR, sits an eight-year-old solar farm, a stark testament to corporate neglect. Frames tilt haphazardly, cracked and shattered panels litter the overgrown fields, and frayed wires snake through desiccated weeds. The once-promising grid now resembles a derelict industrial site, a breeding ground for fire hazards with its accumulated dry vegetation and exposed electrical components. This decaying landscape underscores a disturbing reality: for some solar companies, profitability trumps responsible land stewardship, leaving our community to contend with the hazardous aftermath of their abandoned promises."

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Solar Boom in Oregon could reshape rural landscapes, agriculture

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Destroy Wildlife Habitat

Will destroy wildlife habitat and disrupt deer winter range and migration routes

Destroy Productive Pasture and hay land

Will impose a significant loss to our community whose economy is based on productive family farms

Will pose a potential threat to wetlands and ground water contamination

Will impose significant deforestation with the accompanying loss of our Scenic Byway

 and the aesthetic premium so valued by our residents and visitors

Will be the loss of an economically viable family farm

 producing quality livestock feed, biodiversity

 and precious wildlife habitat

 

5 things you need to know about solar

* Industrial-scale solar power plants on rural land negatively impact our ecosystem and contribute to climate change.

* Industrial-scale solar development is driven by Big Tech demand and subsidized federal tax credits.

 * Solar energy produces large amounts of toxic waste.

* Solar Energy is unreliable.

* Solar Energy is NOT clean or free from CO2 emissions.

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