Roadless Rule

America’s climate forest must be protected

Corey Himrod | January 25, 2022

If the Biden administration expects to be the climate leader it promised, the nation's forests must remain protected from further extraction and destruction. Read more

On its 20th anniversary, new bill would write Roadless Rule into law

Kaden McArthur | January 12, 2021

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Roadless Rule, a hallmark conservation rule that has protected the most pristine, remote and wild parts of our national forests for two decades. Read more

The League’s Andy Moderow talks Tongass

Corey Himrod | October 27, 2020

Gary Strieker of This American Land spoke with our own Alaska director, Andy Moderow, about the Tongass and the Trump administration's push to remove Roadless Rule protections. Read more

Alaska’s national forests and the Roadless Rule, explained

Andy Moderow | October 1, 2020

Together with our friends at Salmon State and Trout Unlimited-Alaska, we are proud to team up to explain how the federal Roadless Rule protects Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Read more

Southeast Alaska Stands Up For The Tongass

Kaden McArthur | December 23, 2019

Alaska Wilderness League had a busy week recently in Washington, D.C., defending the Tongass National Forest from the Trump administration’s efforts to remove Roadless Rule protections. Read more