25 years ago, the US Forest Service held more than 600 public meetings during the process to create the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, one of the most important conservation measures in history.
Now, the Trump Administration is in the process of repealing this landmark policy and eliminating the protections for public lands it provides, and without holding a single public meeting–not one. So our community hosted our own.
Hundreds of people showed up to in-person events in Bend, Portland, and Eugene this Spring to speak up for Oregon’s beloved Roadless Areas and the protections the Roadless Rule provides.
If you weren’t able to attend those events, this is your chance to get caught up! In this webcast, we talk about and celebrate our wild, roadless public lands. During the program, we hear from several voices about how roadless protections support diverse shared values and essential conservation outcomes, and we let you know how you can take action to stop this latest attack on our public lands.
Public lands belong to the public, and we all have the right to weigh in on decisions that impact our public lands. The Trump Administration wants to silence us and is hoping its plan to repeal the Roadless Rule will go through quietly. We won’t let that happen.
