I need HELP! crosspost from the environment/energy group [View all]

[MuseRider]

The county is planning to rezone a huge mass of land, they are not saying how much and I can't tell by the map they sent for an "economic growth corridor" within 1000 feet of my farm. I don't need to go into all the reasons I do not wish to have 24/7 truck traffic and 24/7 lit up like the moon on the boarder of my farm. They are planning for my new neighbors to be warehouses and light industrial. My guess is they are getting way ahead of themselves but are reserving the land mass for this purpose anyway. I doubt any thought has been given to an environmental impact study and I am at a loss how to go about requesting one done by someone other than the people that are pushing for this. I know I can't beat them but if I can slow the process down I would like to try. This land is being used for farming. They do not own it yet but they want to rezone all of it so they can move in when they find someone to build on it. I am new to this kind of thing on a personal level so I could use any advice any of you might have.

We have a few information meetings coming up to "educate the landowners". I will be there but I would certainly like to be armed with real information rather than just stomping my foot.

The area now drains into my large pond, that is a concern and from previous projects the county has done those down stream from what they do end up in a mess both with pollution and little or no planning for water movement. This area floods, not my farm, but just a few hundred feet down the road they have been under water several times in the last 20 years simply from large amounts of rain.

I have a lot of migrating waterfowl that stop yearly. I also have Bald Eagles that sit in my trees and hang out around the ponds. Light pollution will be a problem. Noise as well.

Where do I start? Please help if you have ever done anything like this and at least maybe I can go in with my mind calm and with information.