Jacinta Faber lives about 1,000 yards from the proposed wind farm site near Hays. Faber opposes the wind farm because she says it will negatively affect the lives of those living nearby.
The Butler family, from left, Mike, Ashley, Sheryl and Kelsey, walk through a wheat field just east of their rural Hays home where a wind farm is proposed. Mike suffers from a lung disease and his doctor fears the vibrations from the turbines nearby might impair his sensitive cardiovascular system. The Butlers said they might move if the wind farm is approved.
Jacinta Faber lives about a 1,000 yards from the proposed wind farm site west of Hays, Kan. Faber, a self-described green energy supporter, opposes the location of the wind farm because she says it will negatively effect the lives of those living nearby.
Kelsey Butler gets her family's mail along Golf Course Road west of Hays, Kan. Residents along the rural road are divided on the proposed wind farm, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
Kelsey Butler does her afternoon chores on her family's rural Hays farm. Her father, Mike Butler, fears that a wind farm would disrupt his family's rural way of life.
Cattle gather underneath the 389-foot-tall wind turbines at the Elk River Wind Project along U.S. Highway 400 in southeastern Butler County. Each turbine generates $5,000 annually for the property owner and enough power for 300 to 500 houses.
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