Forest Roadless Rule Policy & Acreage Impact Explorer

National Summary (Full Rescission)

Unprotected Acres: 58,500,000 / 58.5M

Click forest region pins to inspect local ecological & timber exposure.

National Acreage Balance High Risk

58.5M

Roadable / Unprotected IRA Acres

0.0M

Maintained IRA Protection

3,240 Mt

Total Carbon In Exposed Roadless Tracts

2,100+

Municipal Drinking Watersheds Impacted

Regional Impact Breakdown

Forest Region:

Tongass National Forest (Alaska)

9.2M total roadless acres. World's largest intact temperate rainforest.

142.5 Mt

Old-Growth Carbon Storage

1.84M ac

Viable Commercial Timber

Municipal Water Supplies

Full Roading Permitted

Active Regulatory State

Legal & NEPA Review Pathway

1. Federal Register Notice of Intent (NOI)

USDA Forest Service initiates formal APA rulemaking and 60-day public comment scoping.

2. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Required under NEPA to quantify cumulative watershed, carbon, and endangered species impacts.

3. Inevitable Federal Court Litigation

9th and 10th Circuit precedents govern arbitrary & capricious standards under 5 U.S.C. § 706.