Situated on 8,500 private acres in Portage County, Wisconsin, the Vista Sands Solar Farm project had run up against much public opposition, which is not unusual for such a large project.

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation has appealed a decision by the PSC to allow a solar farm next to the Buena Vista Wildlife ...

A decision to allow a major solar project in the Midwest to build near the threatened species' mating area faces a new legal ...

together with the adjacent approved Portage Solar project, could harm the prairie chicken habitat including the Buena Vista," said Cody Kamrowski, executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife ...

The plight of the greater prairie chicken in Wisconsin appears set to ... say it's the logical conclusion. The project as designed by Vista Sands Solar will be the state's largest solar farm ...