Help Protect Pine Ridge Natural Area!
This blog post is a call to action for those of you who care about the integrity of Fort Collins' protected natural areas. I urge you to please help by reading this message. Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) has received approval to put 90-110 foot high-voltage transmission towers through one of Northern Colorado’s pristine and most popular natural areas — the Pine Ridge Natural Area, on the west side of Fort Collins. These towers are necessitated by projected new growth and will primarily benefit areas outside Fort Collins, including Loveland and Longmont. These huge towers are already installed along Trilby Road between Taft Hill and Shields and heading west into the foothills. They have also been installed along Overland Trail Road north of Drake. These towers have already created a major eye-sores in our views to the foothills and mountains, including impacting the views from our open spaces and community separators. Now the proposal calls for these towers