The photograph on the left is a current photograph of the west shoreline of the Laguna Madre. On the right is what the same shoreline might look like if industrial scale wind farms with their 400 foot tall turbines are allowed on our coast. The first such wind farm is scheduled to start operation in 2008. The LLMF needs your help in preventing this from becoming an ugly, bird killing, reality.
The Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, as a member in the Coastal Habitat Alliance, has been working to get guidelines written for the siting of wind industrial complexes in Texas. We now have the opportunity to support House Bill 3664 regarding proposed legislation on coastal wind industrial complex siting. This bill would establish a regulating and permitting procedure of wind industrial complexes to protect coastal resources and is designed to ensure that wind industrial complexes do not damage ecologically sensitive coastal zones. The Lower Laguna Madre Foundation urges you to support this bill by contacting your house representative.