Appeals continue over 'green' energy project

A cluster of 39 wind turbines, similar to those dotting the landscape near Hammett shown here, are part of a large-scale alternative energy project planned for an area in the vicinity of Anderson Ranch Dam northeast of Mountain Home.

Plans to build an alternative energy complex in the vicinity of Anderson Ranch Reservoir remain on hold as developers and county officials met last week to address five appeals involving the project.

At issue are five conditional use permits submitted by Cat Creek Energy LLC to build a pumped storage hydroelectric facility that would be located in the vicinity of the existing Anderson Ranch Reservoir and Bureau of Reclamation impoundment area on the South Fork of the Boise River.

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