Permanent forest protections
Ask Congress to Protect Over 50 Million Acres of National Forests
Companion bills in Congress could provide lasting protections for roadless areas in national forests, preserving old-growth forests, clean drinking water, healthy wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, and more. The Roadless Area Conservation Act ensures that the popular and durable conservation policy called the “roadless rule,” remains in place to protect millions of acres of national forest lands from commercial logging and new roadbuilding.
Urge your members of Congress to support this legislation, or thank them for their existing co-sponsorship today.
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The Trump administration is trying to eliminate protections for tens of millions of acres of national forest lands by rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
Members of Congress have introduced the Roadless Area Conservation Act (H.R. 3930, S. 2042) to codify the roadless rule into law. This legislation would cancel the administration’s efforts to eliminate these important forest protections.
The Roadless Area Conservation Act would:
- Protect millions of acres of roadless national forests from logging, roadbuilding, and other developments.
- Preserve the habitats of thousands of at-risk species.
- Safeguard watersheds that provide clean drinking water for more than 60 million Americans.
- Uphold recreational access to exceptional places for hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, and more.
- Save taxpayers millions of dollars by limiting costly new road building.
- Protect important cultural places that sustain Indigenous cultural practices and subsistence lifeways.
- Reduce the risk of wildfire.
Please personalize your message and explain why protecting roadless areas matters to you. Ask your members of Congress to support this legislation or thank them for their existing co-sponsorship today.