Brown’s Bench

  • Imbalance in media reports on China Mountain wind farm delay

    Ralph Maughan

    No conservation spokespersons quoted- Yesterday the big news in Idaho and northern Nevada was the 2-year delay and perhaps the demise of the proposed giant wind farm on top of Browns Bench/China Mountain on the Idaho/Nevada border (mostly BLM public land). There is much to be said on all sides of the issue. Today we…

  • China Mountain/Browns Bench Wind controversy escalates

    Brian Ertz

    “I can assure you there will be a protracted legal fight using all legal means available to stop the project” Some of the really great things I enjoy about living in the west are the obscure landscapes/mountain ranges.  Unlike national parks, ‘W‘ilderness areas, National Monuments and other landscapes prominently highlighted on any western map, there…

  • China Mountain/Brown's Bench Wind developer wants to keep its deals secret

    Brian Ertz

    You might remember the controversial project that resulted in an IDFG regional supervisor to lose his job after pointing out the obvious – namely, that energy developments (yes, even ‘blessed’ Wind) on public lands impact wildlife and habitat in southern Idaho.  The wind company at issue on China Mountain/Brown’s Bench is RES Americas Inc., and…

  • BLM holding public meetings on massive wind farm on Browns Bench

    Ralph Maughan

    I was just in this country. It is not well known, but scenic and wildlife rich public land. Given the abundance of windy private lands, why don’t they build their wind farms there and make the landowner some money. BLM to hold public meetings. Idaho Statesman. Jarbidge Mountains from site of wind farm proposal. Photo…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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