The following local reports profile the potential loss of threatened roadless areas in regional national forests should the rule be reversed:

Idaho & Montana

There are nearly 16 million acres of roadless areas in Idaho and Montana's national forests that are protected by the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. If the Roadless Rule is reversed by the Bush administration, 9.5 million acres, or 60.5 percent of those areas would be immediately made available for logging and road building. Download the full report in PDF format here

New Hampshire

Nearly 400,000 acres of inventoried roadless areas on New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest are protected under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. If the Roadless Rule is reversed by the Bush administration, 125,000 acres, or 33 percent of those areas would be opened to commercial logging and road building under the existing management plan for the forest. Another 75,000 acres, or 19 percent would be open to salvage logging and temporary road construction. Download the full report in PDF format here

North Woods

Only about 17 percent of the national forests in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin remain wild and intact. 147,000 acres of roadless areas in these states are protected by the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. If the rule is reversed by the Bush administration, those areas will be opened to logging and road building. Download the full report in PDF format here

Oregon

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects 1,965,000 acres on Oregon's national forests. The remainder of the forests are traversed by more than 70,000 miles of roads. If the Bush administration reverses the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, another 1,168,000 acres of currently protected roadless areas would immediately be opened to road building and logging under existing forest plans. Download the full report in PDF format here

Southern Appalachians

The national forests of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesee and Virginia are already criss-crossed by more than 12,000 miles of roads and contain 728,487 acres of roadless areas. If the Roadless Area Conservation Rule is reversed by the Bush administration, 553,000 acres or 76 percent of those areas would be placed into management designations that allow road building and/or logging currently not allowed by the rule. Download the full report in PDF format here

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