Donald Trump wants to strip protections from nearly 59 million acres of America’s national forests — opening the door to new road construction and commercial logging on lands that have been protected for decades.

On August 18, the Trump administration formally moved forward with its plan to eliminate the Roadless Rule, opening a public comment period that runs through September 21. The protections are still in place — but the administration is moving closer to wiping them out.

The Roadless Rule helps keep some of our most pristine national forests intact. These lands protect drinking water, provide habitat for wildlife, and give millions of people places to hike, hunt, fish, camp, and enjoy the outdoors.

Once roads are bulldozed through these forests and industrial logging begins, the damage can last for generations.

Tell the Forest Service: Withdraw this attack on the Roadless Rule and defend America’s national forests.

The Trump administration claims eliminating the rule will give officials more flexibility to manage forests and reduce wildfire risk. But the Roadless Rule already allows certain activities, including some timber removal for ecological restoration and wildfire prevention. Protecting roadless forests does not mean preventing responsible forest management.

What Trump is proposing goes much further: eliminating nationwide protections covering millions of acres of public land.

The administration is now accepting public comments through September 21, so now is the time to pressure the Department of Agriculture to withdraw this disastrous plan and save these national treasures.

These forests belong to all of us — not logging companies or political appointees.

Send a letter to the Forest Service and demand they save America’s roadless national forests.