Join MountainTrue and the NC Sierra Club, at the Watauga County Library on May 29th 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 Wilson Creek, Linville Gorge, Harper Creek, Graveyard Fields, Laurel Mountain, The South Mills River, The Black Mountains, Tusquitee Bald, Cheoah Bald, Overflow 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 some snacks and beverages will be available for purchase.
