Windmills and Wildflowers: Debate Over Gorman Hills

For at least 40 years I have passed the Gorman muffin-shaped hills that Barnbaum wrote about. Each spring I, too, have marveled at the color which seemingly couldn’t have been trapped for a year beneath the surface of the earth.

I feel Barnbaum’s column was too soft--environmentalists, for the most part, are that way. We must not question our anger about the wind turbines. If you don’t believe me, just take a drive over the Tehachepi pass to the east and then tell me you love the view.

We don’t have much time. Somehow, even with the cattle munching on those rounded hills, the flowers still spring forth each year. The short-term view is easy, but wind turbines are permanent with their pads and access roads. We must make an effort to protect these hills or the land will be gone with the wind.

KEITH AXELSON

Los Angeles