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The White family cabin sits at the base of Boulder Ridge with a stunning view of the Laramie Valley. Today, Michelle White is canning beans, the pots rattling on the stove. But Michelle and her daughter, Miria gesture out their giant picture window at the prairie. Okay, so the turbines are going to completely blanket this entire valley all the way up to Ames monument, Michelle says. One mile in front of Ames Monument, Miria clarifies. And all the way to the left in front of Vedauwoo, Michelle says.
The Whites moved here twelve years agoto get away from the rat race in California and enjoy watching wildlife just outside this window. But a new wind project is proposed in the area and they re worried about how birds and animals would be affected by it. They list all the wildlife they see here.