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Identifying and protecting keystone species.

URGENT: Protect National Forests — Two Back-to-Back Proposals Threaten Intact Landscapes!

The Roadless Rule and Travel Management Rule are essential conservation measures that are under attack! The Roadless Rule protects undeveloped, road-free places on our national forest by placing these areas off limits to logging and road construction, with limited exceptions. In addition, Travel Management rules in place for over 50-years manage motorized use across more than 430 million acres of public lands, protecting access, wildlife, and clean water.

On August 20, the USDA published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Rule that would end the Roadless Rule, kicking off a 45-day which ends October 6, 2026. Just days after moving forward with the repeal of the Roadless Rule, the administration is now taking aim at gutting the Forest Service Travel Management Rule. Comments on The Travel Management Rule are due even sooner, on September 23. Together, these back-to-back actions mark a significant escalation in the administration’s broader effort to dismantle longstanding public lands protections.

The Snowy Range Roadless Area in Wyoming is one of the many areas that will lose protections if the Roadless Rule is rescinded. Photo by Alison Gallensky.

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New Story Map Report!

On the doorstep: How a surge in drilling nominations threatens America’s public lands

A new story map report created by Rocky Mountain Wild (Alison worked hard on this!) and the Center for Western Priorities shows how the Trump administration’s giveaway of national public lands for oil and gas drilling is impacting wildlife, outdoor recreation, and cultural resources across the West. The report uses eight case studies in five Western states to demonstrate how oil and gas development is encroaching on protected public lands under the Trump administration’s policies.

Show the Trump Administration that you value the opportunity to engage by commenting on a proposed oil and gas lease sale and learn more in our Oil and Gas Toolbox for Activists.

Photo Credit: Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas. Photo by BLM Wyoming from Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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Engaging people in collaborative solutions to local environmental problems.

Specializing in community science.

Identifying and protecting keystone species.

Addressing habitat fragmentation.