The other shoe just dropped. Days after moving to repeal the Roadless Rule, the Trump administration is now coming for another bedrock safeguard for our national forests: the Travel Management Rule. Together, these two moves mark a major escalation: opening forests to more roads, more development, and more extraction, while gutting the protections that keep wildlife, recreation, and public access intact.
Since 2005, the Travel Management Rule has given every national forest a framework for deciding where vehicles can and can't go. The policy keeps some trails open to motorized use while protecting others for hiking, wildlife, and cultural value.
With 270,000 miles of roads and 60,000 miles of trails already open to motorized vehicles across our national forests, there is no shortage of access. Tell the Forest Service: don't reverse decades of progress. The Roadless Rule and the Travel Management Rule have kept national forests from being overrun by roads, vehicles, and extraction, and they have been successful and effective as policies.
Now, the Trump administration is moving to gut the Travel Management Rule, while repealing the Roadless Rule outright. The consequences for our forests could be devastating.
Comment now to tell the Forest Service to keep the Travel Management Rule in place - and remember that personal comments are most effective!
