Welcome to Whistling Ridge!

Our planned Whistling Ridge Energy Project will be the Northwest’s first wind farm on commercial timberlands. As a local company with deep roots here, SDS is eager to showcase how to integrate wind power generation with sustainable forestry management while enhancing the economy of our host community: Skamania County, Washington.

Sponsor: Whistling Ridge Energy LLC

  • Affiliate of family-owned SDS Lumber Company
  • Site owned by SDS Lumber and Broughton Lumber Company
  • Project costs estimated at $150 million
  • Under review by Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC)
  • 75 megawatt wind farm for the Northwest
    • Harvests intense winds of Columbia Gorge region
    • Enough electricity to supply over 20,000 Northwest homes/year
    • Approximately 50 wind turbines
    • Interconnect with on site BPA transmission lines
    • Power delivered to regional utilities
  • Project site on Whistling Ridge north of Underwood Mountain
    • 1,152 acre site in timber production for over 100 years
    • Unincorporated Skamania County, Washington
    • Seven miles northwest of White Salmon at 2100 feet elevation
    • Outside Gorge National Scenic Area
    • Compatible use with no significant negative environmental impacts

“We believe that wind power is the best way to balance the need for more power with the health of the environment.”

Chief Johnny Jackson, Yakama Nation’s Cascades Tribe
and Chief Wilbur Slockish, Yakama Nation’s Klickitat Tribe

vizsim_1_12002Simulated view from backyard of nearest residence