Another wind farm may be coming to Western New York. Residents in four southern Erie County towns are mobilizing to persuade property owners against signing leases with a company that
Opponents hope that if they can persuade enough land owners not to sign leases, there will not be enough locations for a viable project. “They don’t think people are educated. They expect everyone just to sign a contract because farming is tough these days,” said Ann Moritz, one of the organizers of the opposition who also is a member of the North Collins Zoning Board. A North Collins Town Board meeting in June on the wind farm attracted about 100 people. A meeting in August had to be moved to Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church in Langford, to accommodate the more than 300 who showed up.