Roadless no more? Feds eye rule change in areas of national forests.

By: Jack Igelman, Carolina Public Press

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 565

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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This story was originally published by Carolina Public Press.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a proposal Tuesday to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly called the Roadless Rule, opening tens of thousands of Inventoried Roadless Areas within the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests to future road development.

The federal designation restricts road building and logging in undeveloped portions of national forests.

The proposal advances the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August …

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