Repeal of the Roadless Rule - Revision history

Kirk at 04:22, 24 August 2026

2026-08-24T04:22:43Z

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	[https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869 '''ROADLESS PLAN PLEASE COMMENT HERE''']		[https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869 '''ROADLESS PLAN PLEASE COMMENT HERE''']

			[https://wikidemocracy.us/images/3/3e/New_roads_in_44_million_roadless_acres.m4a Audio]
			[https://wikidemocracy.us/images/b/b1/Roadless_Rule_Repeal.mp4 Video]



	===1. This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However: ===		===1. This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However: ===

Kirk at 18:08, 23 August 2026

2026-08-23T18:08:04Z

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			[https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869 '''ROADLESS PLAN PLEASE COMMENT HERE''']

	===1. This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However: ===		===1. This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However: ===

Kirk at 17:58, 23 August 2026

2026-08-23T17:58:16Z

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	\|title=Roadless Rule Repeal: What It Could Mean for U.S. National Forests		\|title=Roadless Rule Repeal: What It Could Mean for U.S. National Forests

	\|description=~~The proposed~~ repeal ~~of the federal Roadless Rule could reshape management of nearly 45 million acres of national forest land, affecting wildfire policy, logging, drinking~~ water, ~~wildlife~~ habitat~~, roads, carbon storage,~~ and ~~public-land governance~~.		\|description=This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However more fires occur on lands with roads. More roads would also negatively effect water quality, reduce habitat connectivity and biodiversity. This article explores the overall plan and its potential effects.

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Kirk at 17:53, 23 August 2026

2026-08-23T17:53:18Z

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			\|title=Roadless Rule Repeal: What It Could Mean for U.S. National Forests

			\|description=The proposed repeal of the federal Roadless Rule could reshape management of nearly 45 million acres of national forest land, affecting wildfire policy, logging, drinking water, wildlife habitat, roads, carbon storage, and public-land governance.

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	===1. This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However: ===		===1. This repeal is being presented as something needed to prevent wildfires. However: ===

Kirk at 17:47, 23 August 2026

2026-08-23T17:47:15Z

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	[https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000538 Roadless Areas Protect Drinking Water and Aquatic Ecosystems – PLOS Water, July 2026]		[https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000538 Roadless Areas Protect Drinking Water and Aquatic Ecosystems – PLOS Water, July 2026]

			IRAs (Inventoried Roadless Areas) on National Forests represent a key mechanism of river protection in the United States. We report that more than 130,000 kms of rivers in IRAs, representing 2.5% of the total river length in the conterminous United States, protect key ecological attributes of freshwater ecosystems. When accounting for dozens of other regulatory frameworks, conservation policies, and management practices that aim to protect rivers and their floodplains [45], IRAs serve as the primary mechanism for protecting more than 100,000 kms of river (1.9% of the total river length).

	===4. Biodiversity and Habitat Connectivity ===		===4. Biodiversity and Habitat Connectivity ===

Kirk at 17:40, 23 August 2026

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   The debate is often described simply as a fight between logging and conservation. In reality, the Roadless Rule affects wildfire management, drinking-water supplies, wildlife habitat, road construction, timber production, federal spending, carbon storage, Indigenous interests, and the larger question of who should decide how federal public lands are managed.
 === What the Roadless Rule Actually Does ===

Kirk: Created page with " == Repeal of the Roadless Rule and the Future of National Forests == The future of nearly 45 million acres of relatively undeveloped national forest land is again being debated after the U.S. Department of Agriculture formally proposed rescinding the federal Roadless Area Conservation Rule in August 2026. The rule has not yet been repealed. It remains in effect while the Forest Service completes the rulemaking process and considers public comments. The debate is oft..."

2026-08-23T17:25:11Z

Created page with " == Repeal of the Roadless Rule and the Future of National Forests == The future of nearly 45 million acres of relatively undeveloped national forest land is again being debated after the U.S. Department of Agriculture formally proposed rescinding the federal Roadless Area Conservation Rule in August 2026. The rule has not yet been repealed. It remains in effect while the Forest Service completes the rulemaking process and considers public comments. The debate is oft..."

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