On June 23, 2025, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the intent to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. That rule established prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction and timber harvests on nearly 60 million acres of national forests and grasslands. Today, the 2001 Roadless Rule pertains to nearly 45 million acres of national forests and grasslands.
The official notice of intent to repeal the Roadless Rule was announced on Wednesday and the comment period officially started this morning and will run for 21 days. TU’s new USDA action alert is now live Take Action – Trout Unlimited
This link will take the user directly to a web page where they can very quickly and precisely submit a public comment on the roadless rule. My suggestion would be to get this out to our AZTU members via email and or newsletter. I have included the link to a social media post on Instagram to our followers and will work to do so on Facebook as well.
This link TU Tool Box
is an updated Toolbox with prompts on how to write about the Roadless Rule notice in newsletters, social media posts, etc…