Public Comment Period: USDA Roadless Rule Rescission Proposal
About this event
Written public comment deadline on the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule covering the national forest system. Comments are due by September 21, 2026, under docket FS-2025-0001 (RIN 0596-AD66). The proposal would return roadless-area management decisions to individual forest plans, affecting approximately 45.5 percent of potentially affected environment nationally, including roughly 5.4 million roadless acres on Alaska's Chugach National Forest.