Lemhi County Informed

After months of waiting, Lemhi County Informed finally received internal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) records about the November 17 geothermal lease sale. What we uncovered raises serious questions. 1. BLM Records Reveal That Ormat Nevada, Inc. (a 100%-Owned Subsidiary of Ormat Technologies)—One of the Leading Geothermal Energy Suppliers to AI Data Centers—Nominated All Three Lemhi County Parcels. View the three Ormat nomination forms Ormat is involved in supplying geothermal power to the data-center industry. In January, it announced a deal to supply Switch data centers in Nevada. In February, it announced a geothermal agreement supporting Google’s Nevada data-center operations. Read Ormat’s Switch announcement   |  Read Ormat’s Google announcement And Ormat is aggressive in pursuing geothermal for Data centers. Their CEO said :  Today, Ormat hopes to grow exponentially with the AI data center boom, aiming to build baseload, clean power plants throughout the Wester...

COMMUNITY MEETING · EVERYONE WELCOME Join Us This Thursday! Thursday, October 15 · 7:00 PM The Elk's Lodge · Salmon, Idaho Join Lemhi County Informed to discuss the latest developments surrounding the geothermal lease sale, Tuesday's County Commissioner meeting, and what our community can do moving forward. Everyone is welcome! Whether you've been following this issue closely or are just hearing about it, we'd love to have you join us. Before federal land in Lemhi County is leased for geothermal development, shouldn't we first make sure it's actually legal to lease it? That was the central question raised at Tuesday's Lemhi County Commissioners meeting. Paola Brown, representing Lemhi County Informed, returned before the commissioners to present concerns about the upcoming federal geothermal lease sale. But this time, the purpose wasn't simply to share more information. It was to ask the County to take action. And here...

If you've been hearing about the proposed geothermal leases in Lemhi County but haven't had time to follow all the documents, maps, meetings and updates, this is an easy way to get caught up. Lemhi County Informed recently joined Voice of the Valley to talk about the three BLM geothermal parcels scheduled for lease on November 17 . In the interview, we walk through the story in plain English—including how this started, the mistake BLM has already corrected, the additional discrepancies we've uncovered, the records and maps we're still trying to obtain, and why we believe there are important questions that need answers before these leases are sold. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE: Click Here to Listen on Apple Podcasts (iPhones) Click Here to Listen on Spotify Click Here to Listen on the KSRA Website Why listen now? Because November 17 is getting closer, and our community needs to understand what's happening while there is still time to ask questions and make our vo...

🚨 DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE? Here's what you need to know: We have found enough unanswered questions that we are asking BLM to pull Lemhi County Parcels 0049, 0054 and 0056 from the November 17 sale until the maps, records and required review can show that these lands are actually open and legal to lease. ⏱ HAVE 3 MINUTES? Send one email to our state and federal representatives. ☎️ HAVE 5 MINUTES? Call BLM and ask them to pull the three parcels. 📍 HAVE 1 HOUR? Join us Thursday, October 8 at 6:00 PM at Highland Beer in Salmon to see what we've uncovered. TAKE ACTION NOW ↓ Want to understand why we're asking? Keep reading. The closer we look at the three proposed geothermal leases in Lemhi County, the more questions we find—and time is running out... On November 17, 2026, the Bureau of Land Management is sc...