Both of the following maps are part of the The U.S. Forest Service's 2006 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Green Mountain National Forest  in Vermontwhich can be viewed online at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl/ in the “Forest Plan Revision Pages” section.

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The green colored “diverse forest use” areas on these maps contain 37 sites, for a total of 19,700 acres, as viable and suitable locations for wind power development.

As quoted in the Forest Service’s report on Page 3-298, "Alternative E [has] several large contiguous sites available for consideration, including the entire potentially viable area of Corporation Mountain - Round Mountain - Wilcox Peak site in Chittenden and Pittsfield, the Rice Hill area in Dover, and the area from Mount Snow south to State Route 9 in Dover, Somerset, Searsburg, and Wilmington. ...Alternative E has the Hoosac Range.”

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It is obvious from this description that the U.S. Forest Service could allow development of wind power in vast stretches of the GMNF

in numerous communities, with visual and environmental impacts in VT and MA.

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