A group of residents, farmers and landowners have put together a group called the Clark Coalition, along with a change.org petition opposing the ordinance that has already garnered 2,000 signatures. They’re worried that changes to planning and zoning to allow solar will take prime farmland out of circulation for the foreseeable future.

More than 2,000 people have signed an online petition opposing commercial solar facilities in Clark County, before the local planning commission has voted on an amended ordinance.