Take Action: Roadless Rule Comments
on August 20, 2026
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The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule is a U.S. Forest Service policy that protects nearly 58 million acres of undeveloped national forests and grasslands from new road building and commercial logging. The Roadless Rule stops the creation of new roads in designated inventoried roadless areas. The Roadless Rule restricts timber harvesting, though thinning trees to reduce wildfire risk is still permitted. The Roadless Rule protects hundreds of municipal watersheds that supply drinking water. The Roadless Rule preserves large, uninterrupted habitats … Read More
