The Trump administration is attempting to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (also known as the Roadless Rule Rollback), which could open roughly 2 million acres of undeveloped national forest land in Washington state to commercial logging and road construction projects.
Some affected national forests include:
The Olympic National Forest (including areas in the Hood Canal Ranger District and the Upper Dungeness watershed)
The Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (including parts of the North Fork Cascade River and Skagit County)
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest
The Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest
The Umatilla National Forest
The Elwha Watershed
Many environmental groups have filed lawsuits against the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to block hundreds of acres at risk of being sold. One example being Clallan County argues that logging threatens Port Angeles’ drinking water.
We can use our voices to keep standing up to these logging companies!