The 2001 Roadless Rule created a new type of land designation called Inventoried Roadless Areas and is responsible for protecting a large number of un-roaded landscapes across a wide range of regions and ecosystems throughout the national forest system. In total, the rule safeguards 58 million acres of intact wildlife habitat and backcountry, more than...

ACTION ALERT: THE FOREST SERVICE’S OBLIGATIONS TO TRANSPARENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY HAVE BEEN GUTTED. SPEAK OUT BY AUGUST 4. Update: The comment deadline has been extended from July 30 to August 4 since we originally published this ACTION ALERT. A July 3 rule change to the Department of Agriculture’s (which houses the US Forest Service)...

Republicans in Congress are working to pass a budget reconciliation bill that includes a range of dangerous and destructive proposals. In aggregate, the bill serves to transfers wealth to the nation’s richest individuals and corporate interests and is funded through a combination of deep cuts to social welfare programs, placing a staggering debt burden on...

The Fix Our Forest Act (FOFA), which was recently passed in the House and is currently under consideration in the Senate, threatens to seriously undermine environmental regulation and dramatically increase unsustainable logging practices in federally managed forests. Backers of the new bill claim it provides a path to protect forests and forest-adjacent communities, based on...