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“Scenic Considerations and Wind Energy in Wyoming”

Laramie, Wyoming
June 17, 2009

Mitigation Strategies

• Common mitigation strategies*
• Public Involvement
• Conduct surveys on public perceptions and attitudes
• Integrate project into surrounding landscape and consider for the elements of design
• Visualization of all visual resource impacts
• Design for visual order, avoiding clutter
• Tubular towers not lattice
• Support facilities away from ridgelines & avoid steep slopes
• Cluster and provide breaks in arrangement
• Color treatment to reduce visual impact
• Use non-reflective paints and uniform color treatment
• Bury lines and cables and minimize surface disturbance
• Minimize need for security lighting

*from Tom Lahti’s presentation

Mitigation Strategies Favored by Participants