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The project would erect some 149 wind turbines in southern Albany County
Wildlife biologist Mike Lockhart admires a golden eagle after trapping, sampling and fitting the raptor with a GPS device in June 2022.
Opponents of the controversial Rail Tie wind farm in southern Albany County have sued federal regulators, hoping to halt the 149-turbine renewable energy project that would span 26,000 acres.
The suit, filed Dec. 23 in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming and assigned to Chief Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, alleges the federal Western Area Power Administration - a division of the U.S. Department of Energy - failed to adequately weigh impacts on wildlife, wetlands, cultural resources and the Ames National Monument.
The agency also ignored public comment and relied on a "stunning dearth of dispositive i...
