roadless rule

Mike Garrity writes, "The record is clear: these groups have supported reducing, not protecting Inventoried Roadless Areas in the past and are doing so now."

While public land lovers are still awaiting the Trump administration’s expected repeal of the Roadless Rule, a Utah senator is trying to pass a law to eliminate the rule.

Neither of Montana’s Congressmen were present at Wednesday’s event. In June 2025, Reps. Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing both cheered a proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule.

Yve Bardwell writes, "When the Roadless Rule was established in 2001 after enormous public outreach it was hailed by conservationist as the most significant step to protect our nation’s forests since Teddy Roosevelt laid the groundwork for the national forest system in 1905."

George Wuerthner writes, "The Trump administration is seeking to rescind the Act. During a brief public comment period, 99% of the respondents opposed the idea."

Even though the U.S. Forest Service may not be listening, Missoulians turned out to let the Trump administration know that they support the 25-year-old Roadless Rule.

Josh Liljedahl writes, "Montana’s roadless areas provide essential habitat for big game, protect cold, clean water for native fish, and afford Montanans with wild, uncrowded backcountry experiences that are the envy of the world."

Laura Lundquist Missoula Current) Before the Trump administration follows through on its intent to rescind the Roadless Rule, some Montanans want the U.S. Forest Service to hold meetings to hear people out. On Wednesday afternoon, around 50 public land advocates gathered across from the offices of the Lolo National Forest to call on the U...

Ron Rigby writes, "Repealing the Roadless Rule would put these watersheds at risk of contamination and fragmentation, compromising the quality of our drinking water."

The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture recently announced it would try to roll back the “roadless rule,” a decades-old policy that prevents road construction and logging on nearly 4 million acres of national forest in Utah.