Angus campaigners fighting a long-running turbine saga have issued a final rallying call to the community.
STORM (Stop Turbines On Rossie Moor) successfully fought against plans for three 345ft turbines when a previous application was lodged in 2007.
A string of objections was also registered last year after an application from Green Cat Renewables for three turbines on farmland 984 yards to the west of Rossie School in Montrose.
The developer’s application for Tellus Energy Ltd on behalf of landowner John Stirling was finally withdrawn in December but the firm resubmitted plans last month for two smaller turbines.
Mr Stirling has said he believes the application is a better solution than nuclear power.
Virginia Fraser, of STORM, said they are spreading the word because they are concerned that some residents may wrongly think they have already objected to the plans.
That’s because objections which were made to the previously withdrawn application will not as procedure be taken into consideration by council officials.
She said: “We are urgently appealing to all previous objectors to make their feelings known to the council yet again and to do this before the closing date, March 7.
“The area which STORM is endeavouring to protect may not be huge, famous or spectacular but it is a highly-valued amenity, which is rare in this intensively-farmed part of the county.
“We believe it must not be spoiled by this type of development and will do everything we can to defend it.”
Rossie Moor is a site of special scientific interest, with extensive areas of lowland heath and valley fen, together with associated insects, such as water beetles.
Local resident Tom Woolley, who has lived in the area for 43 years, said the proposed turbines would have a “disastrous effect on all local wildlife and be repugnant to their protectors”.
He said: “This is the third application for turbines adjacent to Rossie Moor and its network of Rights of Ways, which include the historical King’s Cadger’s Road.
“The first application was rejected following a six-week public enquiry and the second was withdrawn following an outpouring of objections, which reached more than 90.
“At one stage during the second period of review, the landowner made it known to the local community council that they were annoyed at the suggestion they had a profit motive.
“If there’s no profit motive and given their apparent disinterest in environmental land management, why would they consider inflicting such a diminution of amenity on the local residents and the general public who enjoy the magnificent rewards of roaming on and around Rossie Moor, a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), with its superb vistas and abiding qualities of rural peace and tranquillity?”
Mr Woolley said the history of the area should also play a significant factor.
He added: “The latest proposal places the turbines even closer to the Right of Way TA 100.
“That Right of Way also transits the side of Kinnoul Hill and there is a story of the King’s Cadger being waylaid by the Laird of Rossie relating to it.
“When the King heard about the kidnap, he sent a posse to Rossie Castle to arrest the Laird.
“However, he had fled to Mountboys, from where he was dragged to the top of Kinnoul Hill and hanged.
“There is so much history and pleasure to be had, that the placement of turbines, whatever size, is an absolute travesty.”