"[Klickitat County] lost the timber industry and the aluminum, all within a very short time. That's what this county is pulling itself out of with these wind farms."-- Mike Canon, Economic Development Director for Klickitat County

"[Wind] is the best cash cow we ever had."-- Bill Burke, retired dairy farmer and owner of land underlying a wind farm.

"There is a difference here between this idea of having wind farms on the horizon versus housing. Someone putting their house on a hilltop...that benefits one family. When you are putting up a wind farm, you are benefiting an entire county. You're changing the economic benefits to the county and supporting those rural communities up there and I think that is very important."-- Bobbie Ryder, Pullman resident

"Wind energy development harvests a natural resource that is abundant and non-depleting in a community--the wind. It requires minimal services and has little or no impact on air and water quality. Providing the proper zoning regulations to enable the development of large-scale wind projects just makes sense in our current economic climate as local governments struggle to balance budgets and communities look for new industries to create new jobs."-- Debbie Strand, Former Executive Director, Kittitas County Economic Development Group

"This is an exciting time...with wind projects bringing a new source of income that is a great fit with agriculture. As a long-time farmer myself, I know how important the revenue from wind power will be to local families and businesses, and how that cash-flow will help the community as a whole."-- Jay Takemura, Puget Sound Energy Project Coordinator

"The wind industry has brought good jobs to Dayton, and working for Vestas has been a great opportunity for me to develop new skills."-- Kyle Kilts, Inventory Coordinator at Vestas, Dayton resident since 1996

"If we are going to continue the economic vitality of this fair nation and Washington State in particular, we are going to need to invest in any acceptable source of energy generation we can get our mitts on. Wind is near the top priority."-- Angie LaVigne, Energy Management Engineer, retired

"In 1999 I went down to Arizona, traveled through Palm Springs and things, and I saw all those wind farms down there, and I said, 'Man, this is the thing to do for Ellensburg. It's something where you can have the farming underneath, and you get your wind generation. It's something that we need for the future.'"-- Mick Steinman, property owner of a site proposed for wind development

"Therefore, be it resolved, that the members of the Ellensburg Board of Directors urge Governor Christine Gregoire to support the enXco Desert Claim Wind Power Project located in the Ellensburg School District and allow the taxpayers of the Ellensburg School District to enjoy the tax relief and other benefits such a project would provide."-- Ellensburg School District

"Not only do I live in Columbia County, but I actually live right smack dab in the middle of Hopkins Ridge...So, I just want to give you some perspective at least for me: I sleep with the window open at night and never once was I kept awake from the sound of wind turbines."-- Chelsea Miller, Dayton resident

"[A wind farm] is an opportunity for a piece of ground that is otherwise limited in ability to produce something. It allows a lot of cattle ranchers to keep property in the family."-- John Top, co-owner of the Toppenish Livestock Commission

"I don't know where agriculture is going, we all hope it doesn't go any lower, of course. But if [wind farms] were constructed, the money would go to help many people. It's going to bring in people to work here, generate jobs...and generate families with kids to go to our schools."-- Hollis Jamison, property manager & Whitman County resident

"No matter if you're in it for the green in your pocket or in it for the green of energy, [wind power is] a win win for both parties."-- Brandon Bird, Executive Director of Bingham Development