Hailed as one of America's most successful conservation measures, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (the Rule) has protected drinking water, wildlife habitat, and world-class recreation opportunities across 58.5 million acres of national forests.

Rescinding back the rule threatens all of that and gives control of these roadless public lands to greedy extractive industries and administration cronies.

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Road construction is not one threat — it is the enabling condition for most of the major threats that imperiled species and ecosystems face on National Forest lands.

The Inventoried Roadless Areas exist in their current ecological condition because roads were never built. Rescinding the Roadless Rule activates a cascade of harm documented by NatureServe, the IUCN, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Find a place that means something to you — by ZIP, by name, by a feature you remember, by a species you care about. Nine facets per area: wildlife, trails, history, your story.

The strongest comments come from a real connection to a real place. So connect to a roadless area near you or dear to you. And if you haven't been to a roadless area — you may not know that some place you have already been IS a roadless area.

Now you know the issues and you have connected to a special place. It's time to tell your story. The strongest comments come from an original perspective grounded in lived experience.

Each of us has our own story, shaped by our relationship to these lands. Enter the guided comment path and create a unique comment using the information pinned in your briefcase.