SITE OF THE PROPOSED SHEPHERD’S RUN SOLAR PROJECT

The Town of Copake, NY is an historic farming community whose heritage is deeply rooted in the land. European settlers inhabited and farmed the wide fertile valleys, following settlement patterns of the indigenous Mohican people. Chicago-based developer, Hecate Energy, filed a NYS Permit Application on 12/23/2024 to build their proposed Shepherd’s Run Solar Farm - a 42MW Major Renewable Energy Facility on this land in the hamlet of Craryville. The project threatens an estimated 200-acres of prime farmland, 40-acres of wooded lands, the NYS DEC-protected Taghkanic Creek watershed, the local ecology and biodiversity, and five National Register-eligible vernacular sites. Shepherd’s Run also risks local property values, economic development, livelihoods, and rural character and cultural heritage.