It's an on-going saga still spinning with controversy.

Idaho Falls business mogul and Melaleuca CEO, Frank Vandersloot, gets deeper into the Bingham County windmill debate.

He's known for strongly opposing the Wolverine Canyon windfarm project east of Blackfoot on the grounds it'll ruin the area's natural beauty.

Recently, one of his companies called Natural Guardian sent out a survey to people living in Bingham County to see where they stand on the issue.

Vandersloot explains he's going to such great lengths to stop the turbines because he doesn't want to see the beauty of the canyon destroyed.

He put out the survey just days ago and is even proposing putting his land toward the development of a state park within wolverine canyon that of course wouldn't allow windmills.

Video shots taken in the sky high above Wolverine Canyon reveal Mother Nature's pristine wonder but also her wind-energy potential.

"Anyone who's been to Wolverine Canyon during the spring or summer or even winter with the snowmobiles, knows what a neat place it is; the canyon walls, the forests, the trees. There's no other place like it in southeast Idaho," explained the Idaho Falls businessman and property owner.

Frank Vandersloot says he bought the 1,400 acres within Wolverine Canyon to protect it from being developed.

Since wind farm companies want to plant turbines nearby, he's doing what he can to stop them from spinning.

He's sent out surveys to 868 Bingham County homeowners.

He asked, "Do you believe that windmills in Bingham County could have a general positive or negative impact on the county's citizens?"

82-percent say it'd be positive impact.

But on day 5 of the 5-day survey, they asked 162 people "would it affect your opinion about the windmills, if the power from the windmills was sent to California and didn't help Idaho's electric rates at all?"

Of those polled, close to 66-percent say it would affect their opinion.

Wherever the power ends up, Bingham County would still profit from the property taxes these companies would pay.

"I think there could be some horse trading done between the state and the federal government to form a nice buck of land,"

Governor Otter toured the canyon with Vandersloot awhile back.

He offered his land to create a state park in southeastern Idaho which could be a deciding factor if a wind farm could even be a possibility.

The decision is still in the governor's hands as to creating a state park within wolverine canyon.

Vandersloot says Otter is doing some preliminary research to see if this plan is viable before he formerly pursues it.

Thursday night, there'll be a public hearing in Shelley at City Hall.

It starts at 4:00 p.m. and the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Department will be listening to local people's opinions about changing the zoning ordinance.

Vandersloot says they'll be giving the county commissioners the results from their windmill survey at that meeting.