Bent County approves high-voltage transmission line through ‘protected prairie’ despite pushback - Bent County Democrat

Bent County approves high-voltage transmission line through ‘protected prairie’ despite pushback - La Junta Tribune-Democrat

Bent County officials voted Wednesday, Jul. 29, to approve a permit that’ll clear a slice of a protected prairie that conservationists called “irreplaceable,” for a high-voltage transmission line, with landowners and land trust representatives giving heavy pushback, arguing the application was built on a “false account” of who Grid United had actually been talking to, along with serious ecological concerns.

Bent County approves high-voltage transmission line through ‘protected prairie’ despite pushback - Bent County Democrat

Land trust says 47-mile stretch of Three Corners Connector will cut through remaining tracts of native shortgrass prairie, alleges Grid United’s application misrepresented communication By T’Naus Nieto / Bent County Democrat Bent County officials voted Wednesday, Jul. 29, to approve a permit that’ll clear a proverbial slice of a protected prairie that conservationists called “irreplaceable,” for a high-voltage transmission line, with landowners …