Federal agencies have recently issued a barrage of restrictions that could halt construction of solar and wind farms on public and private lands.

Many locals protested the project over fears that it would endanger the Minidoka National Historic Site, where Japanese-Americans had been incarcerated during World War II. The Biden administration had looked to shrink and move the project further away from the site following the public scorn.

The Trump administration has reversed a decision by former President Joe Biden to approve a major wind farm development in southern Idaho.