Paving Paradise: The Looming Dismantling of America’s Roadless Rule Threatens Wildlife, Clean Water, and the Last Quiet Places
Executive Overview As federal policy shifts toward resource extraction and infrastructural expansion, the ecological integrity of America’s remaining wild public lands hangs in the balance. Expected to be formally enacted in 2026, a proposed rollback of the landmark 2001 Roadless Rule by the incoming Trump administration threatens to fundamentally alter the American landscape. For over…