USDA Taking Public Comments on Rescinding the Popular Roadless Rule

USDA taking public comments on rescinding the popular Roadless Rule

The Trump administration filed a proposal back in August to rescind a 2001 conservation rule: the Roadless Rule. They’ve opened a 30-day public comment period, but what is the Roadless Rule and how does it apply to Wisconsinites?

As feds seek to nix roadless rule, their own study undermines wildfire claims

The Trump administration has pushed to rescind protections on millions of acres of Forest Service lands, but an analysis may have discounted the idea the roadless rule has worsened wildfires.

RMEF Roadless Rule and Travel Management Rule Statement

The evaluation of the Roadless Rule and the scoping of potential changes to the 2005 Travel Management Rule are directly related. The fundamental big game question is how the interplay between active forest habitat management and ongoing recreational disturbance will be balanced against elk and big game security.