New Electricity Lines Must Avoid Wilderness

The Frontier power line may bring renewable energy to energy-hungry California, but it shouldn’t spoil the real frontier in doing so (“Utilities to Weigh New Power Corridors for the West,” April 18). Both the Frontier line and the U.S. Department of Energy’s West-Wide Energy Corridor must be designed to avoid California’s last remaining wild places.

From the chaparral canyons of Magic Mountain in the Angeles National Forest to the ancient forests of the Mill Creek area in the Lassen National Forest, California’s road-less forests are prime targets for energy corporations.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should ensure that new power lines don’t spoil California’s natural heritage. Energy corridors can be moved, but California’s last wild frontier cannot.

Brent Schoradt

Deputy Policy Director,

California Wilderness Coalition

Oakland