Below are links to relevant information regarding the proposed recission of the Roadless Rule and public comment opportunities. ################################################################################# USFS Roadless Area Conservation Rule -- proposed recision 2026 [deadline for public comments: 6 October 2026] FEDERAL/US FOREST SERVICE INFORMATION ______________________________________ https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless USFS Roadless areas & USDA Sec announcement recission USDA press release: USDA acts to remove roadless rule restrictions that exacerbate rising wildfire risk 18 Aug 2026 https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2026/08/18/usda-acts-remove-roadless-rule-restrictions-exacerbate-rising-wildfire-risk National Forest Roadless Area Subject to Repeal by Trump Administration https://center.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=3ad967b0f8474f2483e4f78add8986e7 Regulations.gov 3 stages of rulemaking process https://www.regulations.gov/learn https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-2025-0001 Regulations.gov 2001 Roadless Rule Rescission Docket Documents (484,415 comments received as of late 9/25/2026) [includes 8 documents, including Draft EIS and Tribal Impact Summary] [includes public comment portal] Public Comment portal https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-342438 Draft EIS on Roadless Area Rule proposed recission DEIS Volume 1 (20 August 2026) https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-224064 Regulations.gov Public Comments on Federal Regulations How You Can Effectively Participate in the Regulatory Process Through Public Comment https://www.regulations.gov/commenting-guidance 2001 Roadless Rule Rescission_Proposed Rule_Tribal Summary Impact Statement Posted by the Forest Service on Aug 20, 2026 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-224068 Public comment portal (484,415 comments received as of late 9/25/2026) https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-2025-0001 ARTICLE ON ROAD-WILDFIRE RELATIONSHIP _______________________________________ Aplet, GH, P Hartger, & MS Dietz. 2026. Fire Ecology 22:8 Three-decade record of contiguous-U.S. national forest wildfires indicates increased density of ignitions near roads https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00450-2 Conclusions Our results suggest that building roads into roadless areas is likely to result in more fires. These fires will, on average, be smaller than fires farther from roads, but there will be more of them, and some of them will grow to become large fires. Nevertheless, both roads and roadless areas can contribute to strategic, landscape-scale fire management. NGO STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION ________________________________ AmericanWhitewater notice/appeal: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/article/speak-up-for-americas-backcountry-landscapes-and-rivers/ Outdoor Alliance map of Roadless Rule areas https://outdooralliance.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=bffb3fe5fdfb43519a84c6a0cf4f8ff5 AW map: whitewater routes through or affected by Roadless Rule Areas https://awmaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5dea53fc19a5480b874c638a0c67c6f3 American Rivers https://www.americanrivers.org/the-roadless-rule-and-rivers/ Trout Unlimited TU President's message: https://www.tu.org/magazine/from-the-president/from-the-president-keep-it-roadless/ TU report on Roadless Areas https://www.tu.org/roadless-report/ Interview of TU president: The River Radius 9/9/2026 Roadless Rivers -- Chris Wood, CEO/Pres Trout Unlimited https://www.theriverradius.com/roadless-rivers/ The Mountaineers: Roadless Rule comment letter https://www.mountaineers.org/conservation/advocacy/comment-letters/2025-comment-letters/09-19-25-the-mountaineers-comments-on-the-usda-roadless-rule-noi_sept-2025.pdf The Wilderness Society https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/wilderness-society-and-partners-unite-against-forest-service-travel-rule-rollback# INDIGENOUS TREATIES ________________________________ US Constitution, Supremacy Clause Article VI Supreme Law: Clause 2 Supremacy Clause This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. Treaty of Point Elliott 1855 https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wa-treaties/7/ ARTICLE 5. The right of taking fish at usual and accustomed grounds and stations is further secured to said Indians in common with all citizens of the Territory, and of erecting temporary houses for the purpose of curing, together with the privilege of hunting and gathering roots and berries on open and unclaimed lands. Provided, however, That they shall not take shell-fish from any beds staked or cultivated by citizens. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REVISION _______________________________ [Relevance: Roadless Rule DEIS asserts protective laws, including ESA remain in effect even if Roadless Area protections removed. ESA revision would no longer protect habitat for T&E species. Roadless Rule recission would enable destruction of 45 Million acres of habitat.] Federal Government decision & opinions: Trump Administration Finalizes Endangered Species Act Regulation Reform 17 July 2026 https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-finalizes-endangered-species-act-regulation-reform Department of the Interior Restores Clear ESA Enforcement by Rescinding Misguided “Harm” Definition 10 July 2026 https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-restores-clear-esa-enforcement-rescinding-misguided-harm Federal Register, official notice 14 July 2026 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14195/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act Yale Environment 360: For America’s Rarest Wildlife, Survival May Hinge on a Single Word Ted Williams 6 August 2026 https://e360.yale.edu/features/endangered-species-act-harm-definition Salish Current: The NW Washington species impacted by Endangered Species Act rollback Sydnee Chapman, 27 July 2026 https://salish-current.org/2026/07/27/the-nw-washington-species-impacted-by-endangered-species-act-rollback/ Stanford Law School: Endangered Species Act’s “harm” rule, explained: What the change means for wildlife 23 July 2026 https://law.stanford.edu/2026/07/23/endangered-species-acts-harm-rule-explained-what-the-change-means-for-wildlife/ #############################################################################