As the Trump Administration works to repeal the Roadless Rule that protects forest land, lawmakers are pushing back.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule on National Forest System lands. Commonly known as the Roadless Rule, over the last 24 years it has ...

America’s natural heritage and public lands are at risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a Notice of Intent to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule that protects 45 million acres of ...

It would be the single largest evisceration of public lands protections in American history. President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to undo a landmark 2001 policy called the ...

WASHINGTON (WEAU) - The deadline is quickly approaching to share your thoughts on a proposal that could repeal the nation’s longstanding ‘roadless rule’- a law protecting America’s forests.

Earlier this year, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced her plans to repeal a law that protects more than 50 million acres of wilderness areas in the US. This law, known as the ...

Roadless areas provide habitat for wildlife, filter water, cool streams and absorb carbon. We must protect them from ...

We should all be deeply concerned about the most recent challenge to the integrity of America’s national forests — the proposed repeal of the 2001 U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Since 2001, the “Roadless Rule” has been in place to conserve some of our most wild, backcountry, and remote public forestland across thirty-nine states. As its name suggests, it prevents road ...