Washington AG co-leads letter warning against federal overturn of the 'Roadless Rule'

Trump Wants to Open Up 45 Million Acres of Roadless Wilderness to Logging

A Trump administration proposal to rescind a bedrock conservation rule that protects 45 million acres of pristine national forests and the nation’s least-developed public lands from logging, road construction, development, and pollution is facing widespread opposition. Despite federal regulators providing an unusually brief time window for public comment, hundreds of thousands of comments were… Source

Wyomingites with deep conservation roots oppose axing Forest Service Roadless Rule

by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile Conservation groups, hunters, hikers and Wyomingites carrying on family conservation legacies are resisting the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate the 2001 Forest Service Roadless Rule.  At the close of the 21-day comment period Friday, the U.S. Forest Service received 625,737 responses to the rollback plan. Opponents also wrote Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who oversees the agency, advocating f…

Letter to the editor: Rescinding the Roadless Rule is nothing more than political theater

In my 20 years working in the forestry sector, I have seen how extreme approaches to forest management and regulation hinder truly adaptive and sustainable approaches to caring for our land.

Washington AG co-leads letter warning against federal overturn of the 'Roadless Rule'

Washington AG Nick Brown co-leads eight states in opposing Trump's move to repeal the "Roadless Rule," citing threats to recreation, forests, and local economies.

Letter to the Editor: Speak Up for the Roadless Rule

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - As a Montana mom raising two kids to love our state’s wild places, I am deeply concerned about the proposal to roll back protections under the Roadless Rule. As a river guide, I spend much of my free time on our rivers, including teaching my children to respect the water and wildlife that call these places home. These rivers are fed by headwaters in our national forests, man...

Public comments on Roadless Rule poured in. What do they show? - Finnoexpert

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture closed the public comment period regarding its intention to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule. After 21 days, some 224,000 comments were submitted, as well as an additional 400,000 or so signatures collected by conservation activists who turned in responses in bulk. In an analysis of the comments, the Center for Western Priorities, a conservation advocacy group, found that approximately 99% opposed re…