CALL to ACTION: Protect Minidoka National Historic Site
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project in south central Idaho will be released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on January 13, 2023. The public comment period will end on March 14, 2023. For more information about the Lava Ridge proposal, click here.
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Please submit your comments to the BLM.
When you submit your comments to BLM, please cc info@minidoka.org.
Deepest thanks to our Local, Regional, and National Partners and our Minidoka community of Survivors, Descendants, and Allies for your ongoing support in this fight!
How to Submit Effective Comments
Effective comments will produce actionable items for BLM. How to Write Substantive Comments provides tips and examples. As per Kasey Prestwich of the BLM, it is important to include:
Focus your comments on the proposed project and what is being analyzed.
Describe the significance of the potential impacts and how they affect you, others, places, and activities.
Provide any new information that is relevant to the project (e.g., potential affected resources).
Discuss modifications to existing alternatives or suggest other reasonable alternatives with justification.
Provide detailed information and references to back up your comment.
If your comment includes a statement that describes your opposition or support for the project, ensure you describe specific elements of the project or specific potential impacts that are influencing your position. Position statements must include enough information to help the BLM inform reasonable changes to the alternatives or revisions to the assessment of potential impacts. Avoid comments like “I don’t like this” or “I do like this.”
Identical comments are treated as one comment, including form letters.