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Gooding County commission tables CAFO expansion request to review past approvals
Summary
The Gooding County Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously voted to table a CAFO modification by applicant Bob Ohlensehlen that would add 55.812 acres and increase animal units from 498 to 777, pending review of historical approvals and the ordinance under which the permit was established.
On Jan. 20, 2026, the Gooding County Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to table a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) modification application submitted by Certified Nutrient Management Planner Bob Ohlensehlen. The application, filed as CAFO Permit #G18-126, sought to add 55.812 acres to an existing operation and increase permitted animal units from 498 to 777.
Planning staff presented the Staff Report and agency comment letters were read into the record; multiple written statements of opposition were submitted by Wayne and Lori Bellamy, Karen Arkoosh, Vern and Angelee Eames, and Leona Patterson, and oral opposition was expressed by Ranley Koyle, Vern Eames, Karen Arkoosh, and James Lierman. The transcript records that Ohlensehlen offered a rebuttal before the staff report was incorporated into the record and the public hearing was closed at 6:29 p.m.
During the regular meeting called to order at 6:30 p.m., commissioners discussed Gooding County CAFO Ordinance 90 – Section 3 – Existing CAFOS. Commissioner Daret Lamm moved to table the application so the commission could review historical modification approvals to verify whether prior conditions were stipulated and met and to review the historical CAFO ordinance under which G18-126 was established; Commissioner Johnscott Cutler seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
The record does not include the substance of agency comment letters or the detailed content of written and oral public opposition in full. The item is tabled pending staff and commission review of historical approvals and ordinance history; no new hearing date or further action was recorded in the minutes.
