Overview

• Burgum’s order rescinds the December 2024 Bureau of Land Management approval of the 1,000-megawatt project over crucial legal deficiencies and ignored statutory criteria
• The project would have placed 231 turbines across nearly 57,447 acres northeast of Twin Falls, generating enough power for up to 500,000 homes
• Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued a state executive order and the Idaho House of Representatives voted unanimously to oppose the wind farm
• Critics highlighted risks to the Minidoka National Historic Site’s cultural viewshed and inadequate Federal Aviation Administration review of low-flying aircraft hazards
• The cancellation follows new Trump directives for elevated Interior Department review of wind and solar permits and clears the way for other energy or infrastructure uses of the public land