The Roadless Rule protects an inventoried acreage of mostly intact, undeveloped public forest land. It is a bedrock rule written into all of the USFS plans and a critical protective backstop for decision making. Rescinding it will hurt Americans, hurt wildlife, and make wildfires worse.
It is the direct result of a tremendous outpouring of public support. More than 600 public hearings were held around the nation, and the public provided more than 1.6 million comments - more comments than any other rule in the nation's history.
In Virginia, the Roadless Rule protects 394,000 acres. It generates tourism, outdoor recreation, and hunting opportunities in the Commonwealth and nationwide. Roadless Areas are important for our watersheds, filtering our drinking water. They also include huge amounts of our remaining mature and old growth trees
This announcement represents yet another attempt by the administration to sell off and sell out our public lands under the guise of forest management and economic development. Under a repeal, 58.5 million acres will be vulnerable to private logging interests.
This decision is not about fire safety, wildfires are nearly 4x more likely to start in areas that have roads.
You can act today!
Call your members of Congress to oppose and condemn this latest attack on public lands and ask them to co-sponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act.
To find your member of Congress:
It is the direct result of a tremendous outpouring of public support. More than 600 public hearings were held around the nation, and the public provided more than 1.6 million comments - more comments than any other rule in the nation's history.
In Virginia, the Roadless Rule protects 394,000 acres. It generates tourism, outdoor recreation, and hunting opportunities in the Commonwealth and nationwide. Roadless Areas are important for our watersheds, filtering our drinking water. They also include huge amounts of our remaining mature and old growth trees
This announcement represents yet another attempt by the administration to sell off and sell out our public lands under the guise of forest management and economic development. Under a repeal, 58.5 million acres will be vulnerable to private logging interests.
This decision is not about fire safety, wildfires are nearly 4x more likely to start in areas that have roads.
You can act today!
Call your members of Congress to oppose and condemn this latest attack on public lands and ask them to co-sponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act.
To find your member of Congress:
- House office phone numbers: https://www.house.gov/representatives
- Senate office phone numbers: https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf
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