Save the Tongass and Stop the Repeal of the Roadless Rule

Block the Trump administration's proposal to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This rule has protected 45 million acres of national forests for 25 years, and gutting it would open the Tongass and every other roadless forest to logging, mining, and industrial development. More than 625,000 Americans have already submitted comments opposing this rollback. That's not a fringe position — that's a mandate. The administration's claim that rescinding the rule fights wildfires is flatly false. The Forest Service's own data shows 9 out of 10 wildfires are caused by people, and new science confirms fires are four times more likely to start near roads than in roadless forests. Building more roads doesn't reduce fire risk — it invites it. The Tongass alone is the world's largest temperate rainforest, a carbon sink, a salmon habitat, and the economic backbone of Alaska Native communities. Once it's fragmented, there's no getting it back. The 30-day public comment window on the DEIS is closing. This is the last chance to stop the rescission before it's finalized. Stand with the hundreds of thousands of constituents who depend on these forests for clean water, wildlife, recreation, and climate stability. Oppose this rule change publicly and loudly.