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...Carrisa Plains, a sparsely populated swath of arid, sunny and relatively cheap land in eastern San Luis Obispo County, where three of the world's largest solar plants ever proposed are under review. Together, the Topaz Solar Farm, California Valley Solar Ranch (both photovoltaic projects) and the Carrizo Energy Solar Farm (a solar thermal operation) would provide energy to nearly 100,000 Golden State homes, but only by covering roughly 16 sq. mi. (41 sq km) of the ecologically sensitive plains with solar panels and industrial development. All three plants have deals with Pacific gas & Electric (PG&E) (which declined...
...will have on endangered species such as the San Joaquin kit fox. He is also concerned about the effect on dwindling water supplies as well as the more intangible treasures of the area: the unimpeded views, the stark silence, the rustic natural beauty, the huge wilderness area called the Carrizo Plain National Monument just down the valley - that is, just about everything that led him to buy the property 10 years ago. (Read a story on mapping the best solar-energy sites...
...insists Foster, whose community of some 50,000 people has close business ties to neighboring Piedras Negras, a city three times the size of its U.S. neighbor. He has pressed for a variety of alternative approaches, including the use of sensors to detect illegal movement and the eradication of "Carrizo cane" - an invasive, nonnative, tall river weed that provides easy hiding places along the riverbanks...
...short time was spent investigation the ruins in the Tse-a-chang Canyon, Southwest of Carrizo Mountains. Promontory Ruin, one of the larger of these, containing about 40 rooms, was of special interest. Several of the kivas or ceremonial rooms found here were in a nearly perfect state of preservation...
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