I live on 10 acres in as rural a part of Indiana as you can really get and my parents own another 35 next door. Much of it is wooded and me and my dad use it for recreation. Our land is on top of a good sized hill (for Indiana).
Nobody's gonna offer us any money to put windmills on our land, but I could see a cell company coming in and wanting to put up a tower. I wouldn't have one in my yard or out in the open pasture, but if they wanted 1/3 of an acre on the very top of the hill (which is wooded) and were willing to pay me for it I'd be all for it.
I don't know what they pay for that kind of thing, a couple hundred a year perhaps? If they were willing to guarantee that for 50 years I'd snatch it up. It's not the prettiest thing to look at, but I'd be making some money to help offset property taxes and providing a somewhat useful commodity. I've had to learn to live with alot of things that I don't like. None of them have paid me for the inconvenience.
