Provision adopted as part of Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act

Environmental law organization calls on Secretary of Agriculture Perdue to reject proposal

The agency plans an Alaska-only version of Roadless Rule that will open wildlands to logging

Latest court ruling upholds Roadless Rule protections for almost 50 million acres of wild lands.

Opinion on 2001 Roadless Rule in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Alaska and timber interests have been trying, unsuccessfully, for years to overturn protections for some of the wildest, untouched roadless areas of our nation’s forests

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

The new pro-industry Congress is already gearing up to weaken environmental safeguards. Earthjustice has been here before—and we’re ready for the fight.

Time has run out for the enemies of roadless wilderness. They spent 12 years trying to kill the national law protecting our forests, and yesterday a federal district court said they couldn’t have a minute more—the statute of limitations had run out.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ends challenge by the state of Alaska against a nationwide Clinton-era rule protecting tens of millions of acres of roadless forest lands from logging and road building

Roadless Rule remains the law of the land

Earthjustice will be there to defend forest protections

Landmark ruling on wild national forest protections stands

Nearly 50 million acres of America’s most pristine public forest lands remain protected today, thanks to a decision this afternoon by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denying a last-ditch effort by the State of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association to overturn the U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule, more commonly known as…

Introduce Roadless Area Conservation Act today

Thirteen years after Earthjustice first launched legal action, the nearly 50-million-acre heartland of America’s national forests is secure. A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Roadless Rule, virtually ending a politically infested process that pitted resource exploiters against the vast majority of citizens who rely upon these pristine lands for recreation and repose.