Save Crow Hill wildlife fauna and historical site from developer

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Approval of a solar farm before taking very impactful issues like environmental changes, water run off, contamination of soil and water , obstruction of access to the ponds for the fire dept., would be very irresponsible. As more of these solar farms are being installed we are just beginning to see the effects of the impact on wildlife, fires caused by battery storage which is extremely difficult to put out , and negative health effects of residents living in close proximity.

please save this beautiful, peaceful historic property surrounded by wildlife and all its natural setting of trees, flowers, ponds, waterfalls. There is an abundance of natural beauty and wildlife. It will forever destroy the virgin land ,original plants, trees, bushes, flowers and the wild life habit. Board members and anyone involved with the Planning and engineering of this Solar Farm needs to come to the site walk it and see the beauty of nature and wildlife for themselves.

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Live on Crescent and understand the balance between Progress and nature. This property is a unique area.

Please reconsider this solar farm. It will have major deleterious effects on the wildlife, as well as leading to serious potential flooding issues.

All of us need to a save green spaces for future wildlife , green space for children . Solar can go else where , where the land is not so good like an old dump.

Thank you so much for the support to preserve this piece of history! As one of the oldest stone homes in the Plattekill area the property dates to 1750 as the Durham Patent originally owned by Richard Durham, a powerful shipping magnate who ran a six gun merchant ship - a powerful statement at its time. A quaker family - the Bernard's lived and operated the farms here from its beginning to about 1905 continuously. Its does not appear typical to see such heavy and laborious stone construction and generally homes were wooden stick built. This home has solid oak beams, mortise and tenon with wooden dowel pins, church frame type of construction inside the stone exterior, 2" thick solid plank oak first story walls had stick pins drilled longitudinally. 2 foot deep angled window wells on the interior allow sun in and had until the 1930's a interior shutter that was removed at some point in the past based upon my exploration during restoration work in 2001 some of the hinges and wood were inside the trim but mostly broken. From Wikipedia : This style developed from around 1630 with the arrival of Dutch colonists to New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley in what is now New York[9] and in Bergen in what is now New Jersey.[10][11] Initially the settlers built small, one room cottages with stone walls and steep roofs to allow a second floor loft, common in New Amsterdam.[12] In the countryside of the Hudson Valley, the Dutch farmhouse evolved into a linear-plan home with straight-edged gables moved to the end walls. Few of these rare homes exist today. Thank you so much for your support to preserve this historic property and the wildlife on this peaceful and quiet natural setting.

Safe the wildlife

Save it

Save the animals do not make the indengerd species get washed away.

This project requires more research. The engineering really needs to be looked at closely as it will definitely impact the environment and the residents in proximity to the project.

Keep the darn park thingy keepers creepers

Save the turtles

Often visited Crow Hill as a child as my Grandparents had a weekend home there. Enjoyed many weekends throughout the seasons appreciating the wildlife in the area. Walking along the stream and watching the changes in the waterfall throughout the year. Please do not ruin this precious natural area.

Stop the solar farm

I learned of this inappropriate development plan recently - and am appalled! Not only for the lack of professionalism in complying with town-mandated noticing procedures, but for the blatant disregard for our collective historic and environmental heritage. I beg the state of New York to take a stand and protect its irreplaceable historic and natural landmarks, as it is charged to do.