Lava Ridge

A new bill introduced by Idaho’s Republican congressional delegation would give state legislatures veto power over solar and wind energy projects proposed on federal public lands.

The Bureau of Land Management has received more than 7,500 comments so far on what would be Idaho's largest wind farm if it's approved as soon as this fall.

The wind project is exactly the type the Biden Administration says is needed to transition the country’s energy supply away from fossil fuels. But locals are opposed.

The concerns stated in the letter include how the turbines might impact the ability to fight wildfires in the sagebrush ecosystem and how trucking the structures to the project site could affect Idaho’s roads.

A proposal to build Idaho’s largest wind farm is set to receive its most in-depth evaluation to date this month, when the Bureau of Land Management releases the draft Environmental Impact Statement on the project.

County commissioners in the Magic Valley are increasing their attention to proposed wind farms in their communities.