The North Baldwin Solar Fight Continues

Map of the massive site Stockton resident John Murphy noted is the size of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

As I was traveling to my parents’ house for a Spring Break visit, I got a call from my childhood friend, Meagan Nordmann Fowler, asking me if I would be interested in attending a press conference, as press, even. I have been watching what’s happening in Stockton from afar, as illness and busy schedules have thwarted previous attempts to go back home to Baldwin County since the fight began, but since I was in town, I was game.

Friend of the Tensaw River Meagan Fowler

The press conference was to take place at the Five Rivers Delta Conference Center, a facility in Spanish Fort that is currently closed for renovations but set to reopen soon under the new management of the Alabama Wildlife Federation. The Highway 225 drive from Stockton to Spanish Fort was lined with political signs for the May 19 primary election, interspersed with signs opposing the proposed solar sites…

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