Would I prefer it if this project was not cutting down trees, absolutely. Ideally most large solar arrays in NH would be built in land that was already in “use”. However I also think about where our current power comes from and that is natural gas. Natural gas extraction can lead to contaminated water and is very carbon intensive. The same goes for oil. NH uses both but never has to deal with the environmental impact of these industries. Coal is even worse. If NH is going to start producing more of it’s own energy locally there will be some impact. Now the good thing about a solar project is that if it becomes obsolete in the future it can be disassembled and the land is not irreparably damaged. Today when you turn on your lights more than likely the power is coming from natural gas and sometimes coal. The communities where that gas and coal were extracted have been impacted by environmental damage that no one reading this will live long enough to see remediated.