DEADLINE SEPT. 20– DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 6– Only 10 days left to let your voice be heard about why the 25 year old USFS Roadless Rule is critical to protecting backcountry recreation access.
The Roadless Rule protects many of our country’s most valued backcountry recreation areas. These forests provide clean air and water, fight climate change, and are the backbone of a $1.3 trillion outdoor recreation economy that supports 5.2 million jobs. Right now, those protections are at risk. A proposed rollback could unwind protections for 45 million acres of national forests, putting at risk:
- more than 25,000 miles of trails
- 8,500 climbing routes
- Nearly 1000 miles of whitewater, and
- More than 10,000 miles of mountain biking.
If the Roadless Rule is rolled back, some of the places people rely on for quiet, adventure, and connection could be opened to road building and industrial logging, which would fundamentally change the recreation experience.
There is a letter writing tool at Outdoor Alliance that you can customize with your own thoughts about removing the Roadless Rule from our nation’s public lands.