Windland, Inc. a Boise-based, private wind energy development company has submitted a right-of-way application to construct, operate and maintain a wind energy facility along the Cotteral mountains near the towns of Albion, Malta, and Burley, in Cassia County, Idaho. Windland, Inc. is co-developing the project with Shell WindEnergy, Inc., (a member of the Shell Group). The proposed wind energy facility would occupy approximately 16 miles of ridgeline along Cotterel Mountain, consist of a single linear north-south string of turbines situated primarily on public lands managed by the BLM Burley Field Office, Burley, Idaho. There is a small amount of Idaho State Land and privately-owned land associated with the proposed project.