A proposed wind farm that promises to bring jobs and increased revenue to Laramie County is dividing ranchers and landowners, some of whom worry the initiative could negatively impact their private properties.

Spanish energy giant Repsol first notified landowners in the Horse Creek area of its development plans in June, according to a letter obtained by Cowboy State Daily.

That document said the company intends to build as many as 170 wind turbines on roughly 50,000 acres of private ranchlands and 6,150 acres of state lands in an initiative it calls the Laramie Range Wind Project.

Wind turbine components, according to the letter, may be transported down Wyoming Highway 211, known locally as Horse Creek Road.

The letter touts the project’s expected socioeconomic and environmental impact

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