- Blackfoot Mountains
Geobox|Range
name=Blackfoot Mountains
image_caption=Taylor Mountain
country=United States
region_type = Provinces/States
region=Idaho
parent=Rocky Mountains
geology= | period= | orogeny=
area=
highest=Taylor Mountain
highest_elevation=2220
highest_lat_d=43|highest_lat_m=18|highest_lat_s=19|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=111|highest_long_m=55|highest_long_s=18|highest_long_EW=W
map_caption=The Blackfoot Mountains, also called the Blackfoot Range, is a small range of mountains in southeastern
Idaho . Most of the area is private property and is not available for recreation, including the range's tallest mountain, Taylor Mountain. There is more than one mountain in Idaho named Taylor Mountain. This one was named for Sam Taylor, an early settler and brother of Matt TaylorOtteson, Connie B. "Unsung Heroes and Settlers of Bonneville County, Idaho". Harris Publishing Company, Inc. 2005. .Nevertheless, a part of Wolverine Canyon, which runs through these mountains, does have a few sites available for hiking, camping and other recreational pursuits.
Ecology
with more water-loving plants.
The mountains themselves are mainly
basalt .Wind turbine controversy
There is already a 65 megawatt, 43-turbine wind farm on the range, built (and later sold off) by Ridgeline Energy, LLC. That company received a Special Use Permit from the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission on April 24, 2008 [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS287066+24-Apr-2008+PRN20080424 Major Idaho Wind Farm Project Approved by Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission | Reuters ] ] to build 150 more turbines on the Goshen South wind farm. It is predicted that these turbines will supply up to 450 megawatts of electricity.
, May 7, 2008http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=1053-05072008&today=2008-05-07] The appeal noted a number of problems with the project ["Ruling on wind farm put on hold" by Heather Wells,
Post Register , May 28, 2008http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=1053-05282008&today=2008-05-28] :
*Power production should not be allowed in an area set aside for agricultural use.
*The application for the conditional-use permit didn't contain a site plan drawing.
*The planning commission limited the amount of time individuals could testify at public meetings.
*The turbines could be placed on another, less valuable site.
*Construction of the machines would drive off wildlife and destroy big-game habitat.
*Erection of the turbines would cause a huge loss to a historical site.References
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