A land rush in Wyoming spurred by wind power

Wyoming Wind Power

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A land rush in Wyoming spurred by wind power – International Herald Tribune.

A new kind of land rush.

A quiet land rush is under way among the buttes of southeastern Wyoming, and it is changing the local rancher culture. The whipping winds cursed by descendants of the original homesteaders now have real value for out-of-state developers who dream of wind farms or of selling the rights to bigger companies.

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