USDA Taking Public Comments on Rescinding the Popular Roadless Rule

USDA taking public comments on rescinding the popular Roadless Rule

The Trump administration filed a proposal back in August to rescind a 2001 conservation rule: the Roadless Rule. They’ve opened a 30-day public comment period, but what is the Roadless Rule and how does it apply to Wisconsinites?

As feds seek to nix roadless rule, their own study undermines wildfire claims

The Trump administration has pushed to rescind protections on millions of acres of Forest Service lands, but an analysis may have discounted the idea the roadless rule has worsened wildfires.

RMEF Roadless Rule and Travel Management Rule Statement

The 2001 Roadless Rule has been in effect for 25 years placing management restrictions across 44.7 million acres of public land. Unfortunately, even before the draft environmental impact statement and its three alternatives were released in August, the discourse on this topic from special interests on all sides has been hyperbolic and polarizing. The Rocky […]