Environmental & Energy
Oct. 19, 2026
The Forest Service Roadless Rule, revisited
What 17 states' opposition to the rule's proposed rescission signals for the road ahead.
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For a quarter-century, the 2001 Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Roadless Rule) has largely kept roads, commercial logging and other development out of approximately one-third of the National Forest System lands managed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service). 66 Fed. Reg. 3244 (Jan. 12, 2001). ...
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