Join MountainTrue, NC Audobon, NC Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited, Center for Biological Diversity, NC Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, Pisgah Area SORBA, The Outdoor Alliance, at the Mule on April 15th for a Roadless Rule Community Roundtable.
The 2001 Roadless Rule has protected 59 million acres of US Forest Service land from road construction and logging for over 25 years. Now the Forest Service is proposing to rescind the rule to make way for road building, logging, and mining in America’s last great places. Here in WNC, the Roadless Rule protects 152,000 acres, or 15% or Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. Some of the beloved places protected by the rule include Graveyard Fields, Laurel Mountain, The South Mills River, The Black Mountains, Tusquitee Bald, Cheoah Bald, Overflow Creek, Wilson Creek, and Chunky Gal Mountain.
In 2001 the Forest Service held hundreds of meetings and collected 1.6 million comments with 95% of people in favor of the rule. Today, the Forest Service is holding no public meetings, so local conservation groups are providing a forum for you to make your voice heard.
Opportunities for oral and written comments will be provided and there will be food and beverages available on site.
