My mother got a letter from the goverment that they were going to take a large section of her backyard to install those tall power transmission steel structures. She tried to fight it but they said they’d use eminent domain and take it. She then quietly filed paperwork that her yard was a “backyard wildlife sanctuary”. Another small arm of government approved it. She waited quietly for the powerline process to inch forward. Two years later when they went to negotiate price, she said “oh by the way, my yard is officially a wildlife sanctuary. That stopped it in its track. They made a new plan and moved the power lines the other way, farther from her yard...