Transmission Line
Proposed power lines would impact jaguar habitat in southern Arizona and New Mexico
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees much of our public land in the West, is evaluating a proposal for a 460-mile, high voltage power transmission corridor that would cut through key habitats for jaguar and other wildlife. Development schemes that impact what remains of wildlife habitat never end, they just seem to get bigger. Read our response to the project.
August 29, 2009 at 2:36 am |
Thanks for revealing this rather awful looking plan. Are there better places for transmission lines that would have less impact on endangered animals of concern? Should transmission lines be along existing highways to minimize impact? Is there no way to transmit energy underground? Can not electrical generation be more local such that these transmission lines are obsolete. This is business as usual with not a thought for energy efficiency, aesthetics, or endangered wildlife. How do citizens shut it down?