Bill > HR2420

This bill, titled the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2025, is a comprehensive legislation aimed at protecting and preserving the ecological integrity of the Northern Rockies Bioregion across Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. The bill designates approximately 2.9 million acres of federal land as biological connecting corridors, creates numerous new wilderness areas totaling over 4.4 million acres, establishes several wildland recovery areas covering about 1 million acres, and adds numerous rivers to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The legislation focuses on protecting wildlife habitats, maintaining biodiversity, facilitating wildlife movement, and restoring damaged ecosystems. Key provisions include prohibiting new road construction and resource extraction in biological corridors, creating an interagency team to monitor ecosystem health, developing restoration plans for damaged lands, and ensuring continued access for Native American tribes to perform traditional cultural and religious practices. The bill also establishes a process for scientific evaluation of roadless lands and requires a comprehensive implementation report to be submitted to Congress within three years of enactment. Notably, the legislation emphasizes the importance of maintaining ecological connectivity in the face of climate change and preserving the unique and increasingly fragmented wilderness areas of the Northern Rockies region.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2420/all-info