Trump Administration's Proposed Rollback of the 2001 Roadless Rule Threatens Some of the Last Remaining Road-free Lands in the Contiguous

More than 4.2 million miles of public roads crisscross the lower 48 states—enough to reach the Moon and back almost nine times. This vast network leaves only about 5 percent of the contiguous US as an inventoried roadless area or wilderness. The Tongass National Forest, where eagles, bears, salmon, and many other species thrive in old-growth coastal forest along the Inside Passage, is among the areas at risk under the proposed changes.