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Wind Farms And Ordinary Farms

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Farmers in many places have found additional sources of income by allowing wind turbines to be built on their land.  One example is the Amazon Wind Farm, which is a massive project of over 100 turbines near Elizabeth City, North Carolina.  The 494-foot tall turbine towers scattered over 34 square miles are rising up above farms that grow corn, wheat and soybeans.  It is the first utility-scale wind farm in the Southeast.

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Some Good News For Monarchs

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Spring is the time of the great monarch migration when the butterflies leave their wintering grounds in Mexico and head north to Canada.  As we have been saying for quite some time, fewer and fewer butterflies have been making the trek each year.  Twenty years ago, a billion monarchs swarmed the winter site in Mexico.  In 2013, the number was down to 33 million.

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WAMC Northeast Public Radio

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio is a regional public radio network serving parts of seven northeastern states (more...)