If you’re hearing this before September 19th, I need you to do me a favor: the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate a policy called the “Roadless Rule”, which would open tens of millions of acres of vibrant forests and public land to industrial logging and mining.

The Forest Service is accepting public comment on the plan to eliminate the Roadless Rule until September 19th, and it is important that we flood them with comments and petitions to leave these critical forests and ecosystems intact!

And look, I’m not going to pretend like our comments are going to stop the Trump administration.

But they serve multiple other critical functions, like strengthening resistance within the Forest Service, de-legitimizing the administration’s actions, bolstering lawsuits, and laying the groundwork for stronger protections in the future.

To learn more about the Roadless Rule and how to take action, I’m sharing a really well done presentation by the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club and Representative Andrea Salinas.

Thanks to Kai McMurtry and the Oregon Sierra Club for sharing this presentation, please check out the great work that they are doing  throughout the state!

You can find all action links and resources in the show notes of the podcast feed, or by connecting with the Sierra Club or your favorite conservation org.  I personally think that Cascadia Wildlands action page is very simple and straightforward, and you can find that at cascwild.org or bit.ly/cascadiaroadlessrule.

Show Notes:

• Interactive Roadless Areas Map: https://tetontopo-roadless-map.vercel.app/
• https://www.sierraclub.org/oregon/subscribe-oregon-climate-action-corps
• H.R.3930 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3930/cosponsors?r=1&s=4&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22hr+3930%22%7D
• Cascadia Wildlands Action Alert: https://cascwild.org/actions/defend-the-roadless-rule-act-now-against-trumps-reckless-plan-to-punch-roads-and-log-through-protected-public-lands/

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