By DOUG GRAVES
Ohio Correspondent

URBANA, Ohio — Thinking of erecting a windmill or two in that open field of yours? That’s fine. Just make sure they won’t be on hallowed ground.

Early this fall, EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc., a New York-based developer of utility grade wind projects, had sights on erecting a 70-turbine commercial wind farm near Urbana, in Champaign County. EverPower’s effort is part of the Buckeye Wind Project.
But Gene Park, an elder of the Alabama-based Piqua Shawnee Tribe and an agent for the tribe in Ohio, says the wind farm poses a threat to an ancient burial mound and they’re spearheading efforts to protect it. Park, a Springfield resident, filed a petition on behalf of the tribe last week.

“We’re not against turbines, but we are against destroying mounds,” he said. “We just want to protect the mound. It’s almost in the footprint of the area wher...