Pete Ferrell

And that also helped lower my stress factor. I'm like, okay, they look like large plants out there to me. And I actually asked him, instead of putting them in straight rows, would you weave them a little bit, make them follow the contour of the land, make them look like they're a little more natural here, even though they are huge machines.

And that also helped lower my stress factor. I'm like, okay, they look like large plants out there to me. And I actually asked him, instead of putting them in straight rows, would you weave them a little bit, make them follow the contour of the land, make them look like they're a little more natural here, even though they are huge machines.

And that also helped lower my stress factor. I'm like, okay, they look like large plants out there to me. And I actually asked him, instead of putting them in straight rows, would you weave them a little bit, make them follow the contour of the land, make them look like they're a little more natural here, even though they are huge machines.

The red lights are an interesting thing, and that has come up in Kansas quite a bit. It is now, and this is interesting, it is now required that the red lights will be radar triggered. In other words, the only time we need those lights is when there's an aircraft within, I don't know, five miles or whatever it has to be. So all the new wind farms in Kansas are now, I believe, and again, I don't,

The red lights are an interesting thing, and that has come up in Kansas quite a bit. It is now, and this is interesting, it is now required that the red lights will be radar triggered. In other words, the only time we need those lights is when there's an aircraft within, I don't know, five miles or whatever it has to be. So all the new wind farms in Kansas are now, I believe, and again, I don't,

The red lights are an interesting thing, and that has come up in Kansas quite a bit. It is now, and this is interesting, it is now required that the red lights will be radar triggered. In other words, the only time we need those lights is when there's an aircraft within, I don't know, five miles or whatever it has to be. So all the new wind farms in Kansas are now, I believe, and again, I don't,

I think this is correct. The new ones have to be fitted with a radar triggered lights so that the lights only come on when there's aircraft in the area. And then the pre-existing wind farms like ours, the next time they have to replace the lights, they'll put in the radar triggering modem. So that's going to help with the light pollution, I hope. So I think that's a great idea personally.

I think this is correct. The new ones have to be fitted with a radar triggered lights so that the lights only come on when there's aircraft in the area. And then the pre-existing wind farms like ours, the next time they have to replace the lights, they'll put in the radar triggering modem. So that's going to help with the light pollution, I hope. So I think that's a great idea personally.

I think this is correct. The new ones have to be fitted with a radar triggered lights so that the lights only come on when there's aircraft in the area. And then the pre-existing wind farms like ours, the next time they have to replace the lights, they'll put in the radar triggering modem. So that's going to help with the light pollution, I hope. So I think that's a great idea personally.

That's a great question. And again, the developer, Sandy, when we signed up, he started measuring. They brought in a company, environmental company, West, I think was the name of it. Anyway, they started measuring all the wildlife that's out there. Three years prior to construction. And the canary in our coal mine is the greater prairie chicken. That's the bird.

That's a great question. And again, the developer, Sandy, when we signed up, he started measuring. They brought in a company, environmental company, West, I think was the name of it. Anyway, they started measuring all the wildlife that's out there. Three years prior to construction. And the canary in our coal mine is the greater prairie chicken. That's the bird.

That's a great question. And again, the developer, Sandy, when we signed up, he started measuring. They brought in a company, environmental company, West, I think was the name of it. Anyway, they started measuring all the wildlife that's out there. Three years prior to construction. And the canary in our coal mine is the greater prairie chicken. That's the bird.

Well, that is kind of symbolic of the health of the tall grass prairie. It's a ground nesting bird. And so we measured the birds prior to construction and sure enough, and we knew this would happen during construction, they disappeared. There's just too much activity out there, but then they back, they gradually phased back in and they ended the study in 2011.

Well, that is kind of symbolic of the health of the tall grass prairie. It's a ground nesting bird. And so we measured the birds prior to construction and sure enough, and we knew this would happen during construction, they disappeared. There's just too much activity out there, but then they back, they gradually phased back in and they ended the study in 2011.

Well, that is kind of symbolic of the health of the tall grass prairie. It's a ground nesting bird. And so we measured the birds prior to construction and sure enough, and we knew this would happen during construction, they disappeared. There's just too much activity out there, but then they back, they gradually phased back in and they ended the study in 2011.

So that would have been six years after building it because our per chicken population had recovered to pre-construction levels and And admittedly, thanks to John and my management, we do everything we can to mitigate the effects of the wind farm. And we did things intentionally with our ranch management to make sure the habitat for the prairie chicken was healthy.

So that would have been six years after building it because our per chicken population had recovered to pre-construction levels and And admittedly, thanks to John and my management, we do everything we can to mitigate the effects of the wind farm. And we did things intentionally with our ranch management to make sure the habitat for the prairie chicken was healthy.

So that would have been six years after building it because our per chicken population had recovered to pre-construction levels and And admittedly, thanks to John and my management, we do everything we can to mitigate the effects of the wind farm. And we did things intentionally with our ranch management to make sure the habitat for the prairie chicken was healthy.

We don't burn as much as our neighbors, for example, in the spring especially. which is when they're nesting. So we did everything we could to make sure the birds stayed healthy. I was also advised by several ecologists to watch for those animals that depend on hearing for their safety. One of those animals is the jackrabbit. He's got to hear the coyote coming.

We don't burn as much as our neighbors, for example, in the spring especially. which is when they're nesting. So we did everything we could to make sure the birds stayed healthy. I was also advised by several ecologists to watch for those animals that depend on hearing for their safety. One of those animals is the jackrabbit. He's got to hear the coyote coming.