Unpatriotic Threat To American Eagle Habitat

Charles Stewart RicheyThis stretch of the river is the principle breeding
Energy Project Endangers National Birdground of the American Bald Eagle.
New York Regional Interconnect, Inc. (NYRI) plansIt is recognized that this river route is the
to install 200 miles of 400-kilovolt 1200 megawattcheapest way to build the proposed power line,
DC power-transmission lines from the town ofbut certainly isn't the only way. NYRI has explored
Marcy, NY near Utica, to the town of Newother options, including placing the power lines
Windsor in Orange County to supply power toalong existing highway rights-of-way. This would
New York City and Long Island.be, of course, a more appropriate alternative. It
73 miles of this line would be constructed alongwould not disrupt the natural habitat of the Bald
the railroad tracks on the Pennsylvania side of theEagle, nor mar the beauty of the Upper Delaware
Delaware River from Hancock, to Port Jervis, NY.Scenic and Recreational River corridor.