Repeal of the Roadless Rule: Difference between revisions
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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 === | ||
