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Roadless Rule

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests

Opponents of the move say the Trump administration’s push to rescind the Roadless Rule is a giveaway to the timber industry that ignores science and will make wildfires worse.

By Zoë Rom

The Gifford Fire burns through Los Padres National Forest in California on Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
A grizzly boar walks through the meadow near White Creek in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Could Rescinding The Roadless Rule Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies?

By Jake Bolster

A roadless area featuring a peak of the Santa Ana mountains is seen within the Cleveland National Forest. Credit: EcoFlight

Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development

By Wyatt Myskow

A patch of trees is clear-cut for a logging operation in the White Mountain National Forest outside of Stow, Maine. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In

By Sarah Mattalian

Fuels management specialists for the Chequamegon-Nicolet Nation Forest move a downed tree to open a path for vehicles on May 29 in Wisconsin. Credit: Eric A. Britton/USDA Forest Service

Potential Repeal of Roadless Rule Could Permanently Damage Midwest National Forests

By Sarah Mattalian

People kayaking in Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Moves to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Logging

By Katelyn Weisbrod

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