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Joseph Goldstein paddles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota. Goldstein has been working to protect the Boundary Waters since he was 13 and diagnosed with Leukemia. (Photo courtesy Joseph Goldstein)
Article October 3, 2025

The Fight to Save a Beloved Midwest Wilderness

Joseph Goldstein found healing and purpose in the Boundary Waters. Now, the Trump administration says it wants to open the wilderness area’s watershed up to mining.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Old-growth trees on Kosciusko Island, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales, Alaska. The Roadless Rule protects about half of the Tongass, the crown jewel of the National Forest system and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 23, 2025

Proposal to Scrap Roadless Rule Draws Public Outcry

At least half a million say ‘No’ in initial round of public comment

document September 19, 2025

Roadless Rule NGO Sign-On Letter 9-19-25

329 organizations joined a sign-on letter opposing the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule.

document September 18, 2025

Roadless Rule Scientist Letter

Letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service from scientists opposing the rollback of Roadless Rule.

A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
feature August 27, 2025

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.

Área talada al norte de la bahía Thorne, en la isla Príncipe de Gales, en terrenos del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU., dentro del Bosque Nacional Tongass, Alaska. (David Herasimtschuk para Earthjustice)
Press Release August 27, 2025

Respuesta de Earthjustice al Ataque de la Administración Trump Contra Bosques Nacionales

La Regla Sin Carreteras ha protegido millones de acres de tierras públicas estadounidenses durante una generación.

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature August 27, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and 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 August 27, 2025

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.

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

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

Farmers work at Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park, New York. Providence Farm Collective, a plaintiff in the USDA grant termination lawsuit, helps both new and established farmers grow food for the surrounding community. (Photo courtesy of Providence Farm Collective)
Update: Victory August 15, 2025

Victory: Court Restores Grants That Trump’s Agriculture Department Yanked From Farmers and Community Groups

Earthjustice’s clients will use these grants to work toward a healthier nation and a fairer food system

A helicopter extinguishing a wildfire on a mountain at night. (Konstantin Sutyagin / Getty Images)
feature August 14, 2025

Five Trump Policies Making Extreme Weather More Dangerous

The Trump administration’s energy and environmental policies are accelerating climate change — and a warming planet means more extreme weather.

From the Experts July 24, 2025

Pathways To Climate-Friendly Food & Agriculture; A Preliminary Analysis

A dive into food and agriculture greenhouse gas emissions and net greenhouse gas reduction pathways

Press Release July 23, 2025

Congressional bills rejecting science-based approach to forest management and wildfire mitigation face vote today

Environmental groups representing millions of Americans oppose proposed legislation

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
video July 7, 2025

The most important land protection measure of our lifetimes — the Roadless Rule — is under attack.

The Roadless Rule has protected 58 million acres of our wildest national forest lands from clearcutting for more than a generation.

A woman protects her face while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 1, 2021. The winter storm dropped more than two feet of snow on the area and may have broken a 122-year-old snowfall record for the state. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Houston residents escape flooded homes and businesses, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.