Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

The Trump administration’s proposal to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule would open the remaining 5 percent of inventoried roadless lands—such as Alaska’s Tongass National Forest—to road construction, threatening habitats for eagles, bears, salmon and other species that depend on old-growth coastal forest. This rollback could disrupt wildlife corridors and water ecosystems across the United States.