UW study: Ditching Roadless Rule would degrade drinking water

Public support of the Roadless Rule is overwhelming. Will the federal government listen to its people?

By: Kendra Chamberlain

Outlets: Columbia insight

Published: August 11, 2026

Words: 675

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the public just 21 days to weigh in on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ proposal to rescind the Forest Service’s Roadless Rule, a federal regulation that prohibits road construction, reconstruction and timber harvests on nearly 60 million acres of national forests and …

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