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Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) speaks during a press conference renouncing the rollback of the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule on May 13, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Community Advocates join Members of Congress in Broad Opposition to Planned Attack on National Forestlands

A diverse array of stakeholders representing Tribes, hunters, conservationists, firefighters, and business owners rebuke the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Roadless Rule
Elk in the Rapid River Roadless area in Idaho’s Nez Perce National Forest. (John McCarthy / The Wilderness Society)
feature January 5, 2026

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and 25-year fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.
Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article March 23, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.
A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
feature March 22, 2026

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.
A grizzly bear in a Montana forest. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory June 9, 2026

Judge Rules Bitterroot Road Building Plan Violates Endangered Species Act

Court orders additional briefing to determine remedy in the case
Zack Porter, Executive Director of Standing Trees, in a mature eastern hardwood forest in Telephone Gap, Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont. The largest roadless areas in Vermont are found in the Green Mountain National Forest. (Kurt Budliger for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 27, 2025

Trump Administration Attempt to Repeal Roadless Rule Met With Widespread Opposition

Agriculture Department initiates process targeting bedrock conservation policy that protects 45 million acres of national forests
document June 9, 2026

Bitterroot Order

A District Court judge has partially ruled in favor of conservation groups in a lawsuit over the impacts of federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot…
The Flathead National Forest in Montana. (Your Forests Your Future / U.S. Forest Service)
Press Release June 5, 2026

Lawsuit: Admin Manufactured “Emergency” to Sidestep Endangered Species Requirements for Flathead Timber Project

West Reservoir project could harm ESA-listed grizzly bears and bull trout
A Bureau of Land Management-maintained forest in Oregon. (Bureau of Land Management)
Press Release December 19, 2023

Climate Forests Campaign: Biden Administration Moves to Protect Old-Growth Forests

Environmental groups welcome needed action on old-growth, urge future action on mature forests
In the News: The Seattle Times April 15, 2025

Trump proposed cutting the Northwest’s national forests. So what happens next?

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “There is no emergency … that is just part of the grift.”
document June 5, 2026

West Reservoir Complaint

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan sued the Trump administration over its attempt to rush through a timber project in Flathead National Forest grizzly bear and bull…
The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
(NOAA Okeanos Explorer)
feature February 23, 2026

What You Should Know About The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

An abuse of executive power seeks to roll back prohibitions on commercial fishing
Clearcut area north of Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island on U.S. Forest Service land within the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 27, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Attack on Cherished National Forests

The Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of U.S. public lands for a generation
Clockwise, from top-left: (David Shindle for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission),  (Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA), (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice), (Edwin Remsberg / Getty Images), (Gerald Herbert / AP), (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice), (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / US Coast Guard), (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature November 4, 2025

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2025

Together with our clients, we’re wielding the power of the law across 700 legal matters to protect people and our planet. With deep gratitude, we are pleased to share highlights…
Sunlight breaks through the lush understory of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. (Carlos Rojas / Getty Images)
Press Release June 23, 2025

Tongass Defenders Blast the Trump Administration’s Rollback of Roadless Rule Protections on America’s Largest Forest

Allowing logging and roadbuilding on now protected lands in the Tongass National Forest is a deeply unpopular action that poses grave harm to the forest
An old-growth forest in Oregon. (Frances Eatherington)
Press Release July 20, 2023

More than Half a Million People Call on Forest Service to Protect Mature, Old-growth Forests and Trees

Public comment period concludes today for pathway to rulemaking on how Forest Service manages national forests
Press Release September 20, 2024

One Million Public Comments Support Old-Growth Protections on National Forests

Comments also support protections for mature trees
A Bureau of Land Management-maintained forest in Oregon. (Bureau of Land Management)
Press Release February 2, 2024

Forest Service Urged to Bolster Protections for Forests in Proposed Policy

Comments call for addressing major gaps on selling old growth and protecting mature forests