"A homesteader wrote of the Palouse in the 1880s: “Its beauty was wild and untrammeled, and the undulating hills were covered with luxuriant grasses.” Bunchgrasses and wildflowers created a lush meadow, or Palouse Prairie, in this corner of southeastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. Camas, an important staple in the Plateau Indian diet, was once so dense that early explorers mistook its masses of blue flowers for water. The prairie’s colors change with the seasons, from brown to green to gold, and its deep loess soil makes it one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world." - The Spokane Historical Team at Spokane Historical

The 40-acre wind farm is situated eight miles west of Oakesdale in Whitman County and about 43 miles south of Spokane. The wind farm has a total of 58 turbines generating electricity for Avista. From the ground to the hub, where the blades attach, the 58 turbines stand 250 feet tall, with the blade diameter sweeping a space that is roughly the length of a football field. It generates the equivalent of providing power for 30,000 Avista residential customers. Eighty percent of the affected land is located in wheat fields, and in most cases, farmers can plant up to the base of the turbines. Whitman County receives an estimated average of $700,000 annually in property tax payments associated with the wind farm which helps fund entities such as libraries and schools.