Thomas Bonaccorsi: Consider environmental impact of White Oaks solar farm

To The Daily Sun,

Citizens of White Oaks Road beware, there is a proposal to the zoning board to be heard Monday, Sept. 16, in regards to a 100+ acre solar farm in the area of White Oaks Road just south of Fillmore Avenue. We, as probably the closest abutters to this project, vehemently oppose going forward with this plan.

Those of us who bought property here in the White Oaks area did so because we enjoyed the rural lifestyle of quietness, wildlife availability and sanctuary that this environment provides. For years now we have witnessed the incursion of condos and townhouses and thus turning our once quiet road into a Grand Prix race course for all the drunks that prefer to drink and drive. Now they wish to turn, in one fell swoop, over 100 acres of forest and wetlands into an electricity generating facility in order to put money into some unnamed individual's pocket. This is not and cannot be acceptable.

The utter impact on already stressed wildlife inhabitants such as hawks, owls, eagles, great blue herons as well as deer, moose and countless other species does not justify destroying over 100 acres of natural habitat just in order to provide some unnamed individual(s) with a source of supplemental income when he or she already has the means to install such a monstrosity in the first place.

This is not a barren wasteland that we are talking about here. This is home to countless of my furry friends who do not have a seat or voice in this venue. Please consider all sides of this before consenting to the decision that is the most profitable, particularly those that do not have a stake in the local environment.

Thomas Bonaccorsi

Laconia