10/05/2026
The Roadless Rule public comment period ends tomorrow, October 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST! Rescinding the Roadless Rule threatens wildlife habitat, recreation, drinking water, and robs future generations of our wild places.
44.7 million acres of national forest lands have been protected from new roadbuilding and logging since 2001, by one of the most effective conservation policies in the US.
In August, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service has filed a proposal to completely rescind the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
Rescinding the Roadless Rule opens up almost a third of USFS lands to new roads, logging, mining, drilling, and other industrial extraction.
New roads threaten wildlife habitat, biodiversity, endangered species, rivers, drinking water quality, recreation, and wild places as we know and love them.
The rescinding of the roadless rule is being touted as a "wildfire safety" measure, but research has shown that fires are four times as likely to start near roads.
Tell regulators you reject this proposal, and call it what it is: opening the door for industrial extraction and destruction.
regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869
Public comments will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on October 6, 2026 and can be made online or mailed in (with a postmark deadline.
Comments can also be mailed to:
Director, Ecosystem Management Coordination
201 14th Street SW, Mailstop 1108
Washington, DC 20250-1124
