Whitehall Indivisible: Roadless Rule Repeal Comments Due by September 21

Whitehall Indivisible (WI) continues to follow the effort to repeal the Roadless Rule. Last August, the American public sent in almost half a million “noes” during the USDA comment period. The current comment period is with the US Forest Service, and public input is needed again now.

The documents describing the proposed repeal are repetitive, shallow, and available on the USFS and USDA websites. They do not acknowledge two key facts: 1) timber harvest could be increased by the stated desire of 25% in currently accessible areas, and 2) the sharply reduced staffing of the USFS lacks the capacit...