The future of roadless areas in the Bighorn National Forest and other national forest system lands is uncertain after the ...

Roadless forests in Utah are far more valuable for fish and wildlife habitat and recreation than for timber production.

Given Congress’ recent attempt to sell public lands, it could be easy to overlook the Forest Service’s recommendation last ...

In a sweeping rollback of longstanding forest protections, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced the agency’s intent to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The ...

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 ...

When U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced last month that the administration was taking steps to ...

The rule, first established in 2001 by the then-outgoing Clinton administration, allows the federal agency to designate “inventoried roadless areas” within the National Forest System.

In the latest change to federal land management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its intention to get rid of ...

More states should implement roadless area regulations that are tailored to their distinct landscapes and ecological characteristics.

Regional experts believe eliminating the 2001 rule could impact the carbon capturing ability, fire resistance and integrity of the region’s forests.

JACKSON — The Trump administration has ended a decades-old rule protecting roadless areas in national forests, which could open millions of acres in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to timber ...

The Trump administration plans to rescind the Roadless Rule and reopen the Los Padres National Forest to industrial logging and road-building.