WildWest Institute
P.O. Box 7998
Missoula, MT 59807
P: 406.396.0321
info@wildwestinstitute.org

The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) was introduced into the US Congress on February 11, 2009. If passed, NREPA (HR 980) would protect some of America's most beautiful and ecologically important public lands and water bodies in the northern Rockies while also creating restoration jobs in rural communities and even saving the taxpayers money.

Please take a few moments to write your congressional representative and ask them to support NREPA.

NREPA at a glance:

• Designates as Wilderness 24 million acres of roadlless wildlands in the Northern Rockies;

• Connects natural, biological corridors, ensuring the continued existence of native plants and animals and mitigating the effects of climate change;

• Restores habitat that has been severely damaged from tens of thousands of logging roads that were built, and creates more than 2,300 restoration jobs in rural communities leading to a more sustainable economic base in the region;

• Keeps water available for ranchers and farmers downstream until it is most needed; and

• Eliminates subsidized development in the designated of 24 million acres of new wilderness areas, saving taxpayers $245 million over a 10-year period.

Take Action to Support NREPA!

• Write your congressional representative and ask them to support NREPA.


Additional Resources

• Comprehensive NREPA Maps - Links to 30 maps broken down by National Forets showing areas included in NREPA (HR 980).

• Complete text of NREPA