BILLINGS, Mt. (AP) - A 500-megawatt wind farm north of Glasgow that was shelved after running into opposition from environmentalists will be revived as a 50-megawatt project.

This, according to the chief executive behind the proposal.

The Valley County wind farm was suspended earlier this year after several environmental groups lined up against it, over concerns that the project's 400-foot-tall turbines would loom over an adjacent wilderness area.

Gary Evans is chief executive of GreenHunter Energy Inc. of Grapevine, Texas. He says his company decided to return to Valley County with a pared-down project, after local officials lobbied aggressively to have the wind farm restored.

Evans says the company cut the project to 10% of its original goal, from 500 megawatts to 50 megawatts.

He says the turbines for the smaller facility will be about 10 miles away from the 60,000-acre Bitter Creek Wilderness Study Area.

By AP writer Matthew Brown