Conservationists want Congress to do more to protect New England’s roadless areas

Trump’s Repeal of Roadless Rule Would Declare Open Season on Protected Forests

On August 18, Donald Trump’s United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially proposed eliminating the national Roadless Rule. If finalized, the repeal would strip protections from 44.7 million acres of wild intact forest. The rule, passed in 2001, protects in total 58 million acres of forest from road building, logging, fossil fuel extraction, and other development. Source

Betts: Save the Roadless Rule to protect our forests

Forty five million acres — about the size of Oklahoma — is at stake, unless we can save the Roadless Rule from destruction. The Roadless Rule is a federal regulation enacted by the Clinton administration to protect what’s left of America’s uninterrupted forest ecosystems. It places 45 million acres under the care and protection of...

Readers respond: Roadless Rule protects drinking water

Many rural Oregonians seem to think the Roadless Rule was dreamed up by eggheaded urban environmentalists with no understanding of rural life. The Roadless Rule, seen from this perspective, impedes fire fighters, destroys logging jobs, kills tax revenues and interferes with fishing and hunting, (“Trump plan could open nearly 2 million protected Oregon acres to development, 45 million in the West,” Aug. 18). Reality is more complex.

Conservationists want Congress to do more to protect New England's roadless areas

As the period for public comment on the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule draws to a close, some conservationists want Congress to do more.  The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which dates to 2001, prohibits road construction and timber harvesting in remote areas of national forests across the country. A proposal from the U.S. Department […]

Conservationists want Congress to do more to protect New England’s roadless areas

As the period for public comment on the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule draws to a close, some conservationists want Congress to do more. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which dates to 2001, prohibits road construction and timber harvesting…

Outdoor Adventures program under strain by proposed Roadless Rule repeal

UNLV’s Student Recreation and Wellness Center’s (SRWC) Outdoor Adventures program might be in danger due to a possible repeal of the Roadless Rule. The Roadless Rule is an administrative regulation built into the Forest Service. Established in 2001, the rule protects over 44 million acres of inventoried roadless area. This includes the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, which is comprised of both Mount Charleston and the Red Rock Canyon National …