This map shows how the designated West-wide energy corridors run directly to existing and proposed coal fired power plants, facilitating the continued reliance on this dirty fossil fuel.

• Tags: Arizona, California, Colorado, energy corridors, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, nietc, Oregon, transmission lines, Utah, Washington, West-Wide Energy Corridors, Wyoming
• Related Campaigns: BLM Action Center, Energy

The Western Governors' Association (WGA) released draft maps of proposed Qualified Resource Areas as part of its Western Renewable Energy Zones (WREZ) process. These comments provide WGA with information to help them further minimize environmental conflicts while promoting clean, renewable energy development in the West.

• Tags: Arizona, California, Colorado, energy corridors, New Mexico, Renewable Energy, solar power, Utah, wind power
• Related Campaigns: BLM Action Center, Energy, Stewardship

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule was adopted by the U.S. Forest Service on January 12, 2001, after the most extensive public involvement in the history of federal rulemaking. The Roadless Rule generally prohibited road construction and timber cutting in 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas, covering about 30 percent of the National Forest System. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Rule’s legality in 2002, but a Wyoming district ruled otherwise a year later.

• Tags: alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, legal status, New Mexico, Oregon, Roadless Rule, Wyoming