Rally for the Roadless Rule in Asheville, NC

Join MountainTrue, NC Sierra Club, and The Wilderness Society, September 16th for a Roadless Rule rally.

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. Come ready to learn about how to defend our public lands, and connect with local experts on the Roadless Rule to help you craft your comments.

Opportunities for oral and written comments will be provided as well as t-shirt give away, free tie dye station, food and drinks!