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Search Website Search James E Risch U S Senator for Idaho E newsletter Home Newsroom E newsletter Lava Ridge Don t Do It May 4 2023 This week the Biden administration s Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland...the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and I had one thing to talk to her about the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project I was quite clear with her DON T DO IT I was disappointed the Secretary didn...the communities it would impact So I gave her the highlights Lava Ridge would take up 146 000 acres of Idaho s working public lands Lava Ridge would construct more than 370 turbines ranging in size from...

Press Releases Risch Introduces Bill to Delay Lava Ridge August 1 2024 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jim Risch R Idaho today introduced legislation to delay the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project This bill would prevent...prevent the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project until a GAO study is conducted to analyze the projects impact to the Minidoka National Historic Site During Wednesday...Manchin I W Va made a commitment to place this bill on a business meeting agenda in September The Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project is opposed by virtually all Idahoans and especially the Japanese American community...

Senator for Idaho Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Risch Crapo Do Not Move Forward with Lava Ridge November 21 2024 WASHINGTON U S Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo both R Idaho today sent a letter...letter to Bureau of Land Management BLM Director Tracy Stone Manning demanding the agency reject the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the passage of their bill to delay the project out of the Energy...in the United States Senate Do not move forward with Lava Ridge Risch and Crapo s bill would specifically prohibit any authorization of the Lava Ridge Wind Energy project until the Government Accountability...

for Idaho Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Idaho Delegation Demands Interior Say No to Lava Ridge September 20 2024 BOISE Idaho U S Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Representatives Mike Simpson...Russ Fulcher today urged the Department of the Interior to adopt the No Action Alternative on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the termination of Section 106 consultation with both the Idaho State...and ACHP We urge you to issue a Record of Decision selecting the No Action Alternative for the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project and finally give deserved credence to this widespread opposition The BLM considered...

slams Lava Ridge Biden Harris admin in KTVB interview October 21 2024 BOISE Idaho U S Senator Jim Risch called out the Biden Harris administration for ignoring Idahoans vehement opposition to the Lava Ridge...watch Senator Risch discuss Lava Ridge on KTVB News Channel 7 On Idahoans his opposition to Lava Ridge To say that people in the Magic Valley are not too red hot about Lava Ridge is the biggest understatement...of things on Lava Ridge If Donald Trump gets elected the Lava Ridge project is no more Risch led the Idaho delegation in introducing legislation and other measures to block the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project...

U S Senator for Idaho Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Risch Sends Clear Message on Lava Ridge Don t Do It May 2 2023 Advises Interior Secretary Haaland on scope of the project and the widespread...widely opposed Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project being proposed on Bureau of Land Management BLM land in Idaho I m going to focus on one thing today One thing and one thing only the Lava Ridge Wind Turbine...Idahoans Senator Risch emphasized the significance of the Minidoka National Historic Site and how the Lava Ridge project would drastically impair the site s surrounding landscape Risch said It was one of the...

Stop Lava Ridge January 20 2025 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jim Risch R Idaho released the following statement celebrating President Donald J Trump s signing of an executive order to stop the Lava Ridge Wind...Idahoans that I would not rest until the Lava Ridge Wind Project was terminated On day one President Donald Trump took action to keep that promise said Risch Lava Ridge has been the embodiment of liberals disregard...pushing this unwanted project across the finish line At long last the calls from Idahoans to reject Lava Ridge have been answered Finally our nation has a leader who recognizes that people on the ground should...

Pushing Lava Ridge Through at Eleventh Hour December 6 2024 BOISE Idaho U S Senator Jim Risch released the following statement today on the announcement of the final Record of Decision ROD for the Lava Ridge...Ridge Wind Energy Project by the U S Bureau of Land Management BLM Today s decision on Lava Ridge flies in the face of the people of Idaho Despite the outcry from Idahoans and the broader Japanese American...will continue to fight Lava Ridge and this abuse of our public lands said Risch Risch has led the Idaho delegation in introducing legislation and other measures to block the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project...

Senator for Idaho Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Risch Leads Bill to Stop Widely Opposed Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project October 25 2023 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jim Risch with Senator Mike Crapo Congressman...2023 expressing opposition to the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project in Southern Idaho a 370 turbine project spanning 146 000 acres Among other concerns the proposed Lava Ridge project would visually compromise...Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War Two Idahoans have been loud and clear on Lava Ridge Don t DO IT Yet the Department of the Interior is still moving full speed ahead said Risch The...

James E Risch U S Senator for Idaho Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Risch to Burgum Lava Ridge Only Has 95 Hours Left January 16 2025 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jim Risch R Idaho senior member of...Trump administration s partnership in stopping the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project as soon as possible The issue for us in Idaho right now is the Lava Ridge Windmill Project We don t want them in Idaho We...heavily on nuclear Permalink https www risch senate gov public index cfm 2025 1 risch to burgum lava ridge only has 95 hours left Press Releases E newsletter In The News Flickr Photo Gallery Videos Audio...