06/11/2026
BREAKING: One Step Closer to Permanently Repealing the Roadless Rule— the rule that locked up 58.5 million acres of National Forest land, blocking road maintenance, wildfire mitigation, and reasonable access for 25 years! S. 140, the Wildfire Reduction Act, just passed committee! H.R. 7695, its companion in the House, is up for a vote now.
If you've followed our 24-year fight against the Roadless Rule, you know why this matters. Last June, the USDA proposed to rescind the Rule and reopen nearly 59 million acres of National Forest. That was a big win in the right direction. It was also an administrative action, and administrative actions can be reversed by the next administration with the stroke of a pen.
We've lived that whiplash before. The only way to end the cycle is for Congress to repeal the rule by law and block any lookalike rule in the future. That's exactly what S. 140 and H.R. 7695 do.
Committee passage is real momentum. It is not the finish line. Both bills still need votes, and members of Congress review every constituent message when deciding where to stand. Anti-access groups are already pressuring them to kill these bills. Your representatives need to hear from the people who actually use these forests.
It takes two minutes. Fill out the form, and your message goes straight to your representatives asking them to support both bills and kill the Roadless Rule once and for all. Link below!
