ADVISORY: Congressional and Federal Advocates, Tribal Leader to Discuss Roadless Rule Repeal

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WASHINGTON, D.C. --Members of Congress, a former public lands management official,, and a Tribal president will participate in a webinar Monday on the proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Mike Dombeck, former Chief of the U.S. Forest Service; Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR); and Joel Jackson, President of the Organized Village of Kake of the Tribal Government of Kake, Alaska, will discuss the importance of conserving our wildest national forests, the role of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, and the Trump administration's attempts to revoke this critical and popular policy.

The event will be broadcast online via Zoom and is open to the media, but time will not be reserved for questions. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 p.m. Pacific. RSVPs can be made here.

The event is sponsored by Sierra Club, Environment America, Natural Resources Defense Council, and local and regional conservation groups from around the United States.

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects nearly 60 million acres of national forests across the United States. It was instituted in 2001 after a robust public comment period, in which more than a million comments were submitted, with the overwhelming majority in favor of the policy. If the rule is repealed, more than 45 million acres of our wildest national forests would be open to logging, road building, mining, and other extractive activities.

What: Leaders from Congress, former presidential administrations, and Tribal governments will discuss the values of intact forests, and the Trump administration's proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Date: September 15, 2025

Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 p.m. Pacific

Location: Online

Speakers:

• Sen Maria Cantwell, (D-WA)
• Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
• Former Chief of the Forest Service Mike Dombeck
• President of the Organized Village of Kake Joel Jackson

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