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Wind as a “fuel” for generating electricity is clean, efficient and generally always there to be tapped. The obvious benefit to all of us is that we save our fossil fuel resources. Additionally, we are not faced with the environmental impacts associated with burning these fuels. In addition to these obvious environmental benefits, wind generation is important, too, because it offers the chance for the land to be used in traditional ways at the same time electricity is being produced. Since each turbine tower is fastened to a concrete pad that is typically just 200 feet square, the vast majority of the acreage is undisturbed and can be used productively for farming or ranching. Farmers can grow crops or allow cattle to graze right up to the turbine pad. Wind generation is gentle on the land in other ways. It does not consume water or other resources, and when the facility ends operation, the land can be restored to its original condition.