Val Kilmer Builds Eco/ Sells Land
by Erin Courtenay - Madison, WI on 03. 9.06
Recent news that actor Val Kilmer plans to: “build a house that will be eco-friendly and hopes to include wind power and solar energy” on his New Mexico ranch, should have made this native New Mexican jump for joy. But I couldn’t help being disappointed by additional news that Mr. Kilmer has plans to sell off 1,800 acres of his Pecos River Ranch. Fortunately, according to Apartment Therapy, Val has taken care to protect some of the land with a conservation easement held by the Santa Fe Conservation Trust. But, there are 850 acres yet available to legally subdivide into 5-acre lots. Sure wind power and solar energy are fantastic, however- (groan, why can’t those damned treehuggers ever be satisfied?) one of the greatest threats to a natural landscape is the introduction of “patchwork” development – whereby naturally contiguous pieces of land are broken up by roads, buildings, agriculture or other human-caused transformations. One can always hope that the new neighbors take a page out of Mr. Kilmer’s book and likewise choose to make their new digs a little easier on the Earth.
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One step forward, two steps back.
With 5 acre lots you can install your own windturbines though...
Even with the added miles on the automobile implied by this kind of development, at least the home owners can grow trees, and have gardens, and there are corridors for wildlife.
They are better than the usual development blight - where I live a developer is seriously contemplating putting 84 single housing units on 3 acres.
Another is begging to build a "box" store right down to the creek.
They all start by bulldozing all trees and redirect water flow, then they plant exotic ornamentals that inevitably fail to flourish...
I'd take wind and garden friendly sparse developments any day.
So you'd prefer 84 single housing units on the usual 21 acres?
OMG that deliverance photo is hilarious. It's supposed to humorous, right?
"OMG that deliverance photo is hilarious. It's supposed to humorous, right?"
That's him playing Doc Holiday in "Tombstone".
"I'm your huckleberry...."