Environmental Law & Policy Center: Roadless Rule Rollback Threatens Remaining Midwest Wildlands
August 20, 2026
August 20, 2026
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release:
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Roadless Rule Rollback Threatens Remaining Midwest Wildlands
The Trump administration this week proposed a repeal of the 2001 Roadless Area Conversation Rule, threatening to strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wildlands within our national forests, which would leave them vulnerable to logging, road construction, and other industrial a . . .
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Roadless Rule Rollback Threatens Remaining Midwest Wildlands
The Trump administration this week proposed a repeal of the 2001 Roadless Area Conversation Rule, threatening to strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wildlands within our national forests, which would leave them vulnerable to logging, road construction, and other industrial a . . .