From an outright selloff to easing of regulations, getting public lands into the hands of industry has been a priority of the current administration. Repealing the Roadless Rule is the next step in that plan.

PacifiCorp announced to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) in April that the Boardman to Hemingway (B2H) transmission line is no longer the “preferred portfolio” in their 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).

Our Roadless Areas are invaluable. Making up only 9% of federal public lands, they provide tens of millions of Americans with clean drinking water, are critical wildlife habitat and migration corridors, and protect many of the special places we love to camp, hike, hunt, fish, and explore with our families.

What some call burdensome regulations, others call safeguards, backstops, or guardrails – key rules that protect vulnerable resources from being outcompeted by economic priorities.