MCANS

There’s a last-minute meeting happening Wednesday afternoon over a proposed wind farm project in Antigonish, just one day before it could get approval from the province.

The Moose Conservation Association of Nova Scotia (MCANS) has been desperately trying to stop the Eigg Mountain Wind Farm project over concerns of what it will do to the moose population and will now meet with the company behind it.

The group says Renewable Energy Systems (RES) wants to get a sense of how this project can work with them as well as other stakeholders. However, MCANS is holding firm on its stance that it’s in the worst possible place.

The MCANS which has been pushing to stop the project and went as far as to start a campaign urging the public to help.

The farm would have 22 turbines producing up to 154 megawatts of power to be completed in 2028.

The MCANS is concerned as the proposed location is in a heavily moose populated area full of wetlands and old forest growth areas.

Their treasurer, John Fillier wants to attend the meeting to find out how such an obviously poor location could have been chosen and who made that decision.

He questions if the decision was based purely on wind strengths in the area with little foresight or concern for its effects on resident moose.

There’s a last-minute meeting happening Wednesday afternoon over a proposed wind farm project in Antigonish, just one day before it could get approval from the province.

The Moose Conservation Association of Nova Scotia (MCANS) has been desperately trying to stop the Eigg Mountain Wind Farm project over concerns of what it will do to the moose population and will now meet with the company behind it.

The group says Renewable Energy Systems (RES) wants to get a sense of how this project can work with them as well as other stakeholders. However, MCANS is holding firm on its stance that it’s in the worst possible place.

The MCANS which has been pushing to stop the project and went as far as to start a campaign urging the public to help.

The farm would have 22 turbines producing up to 154 megawatts of power to be completed in 2028.

The MCANS is concerned as the proposed location is in a heavily moose populated area full of wetlands and old forest growth areas.

Their treasurer, John Fillier wants to attend the meeting to find out how such an obviously poor location could have been chosen and who made that decision.

He questions if the decision was based purely on wind strengths in the area with little foresight or concern for its effects on resident moose.