The 58.5 Million Acres That Won't Stay Settled: How the Roadless Rule Became America's Most Durable Land War
For 25 years, the Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of America's wildest national forest land from road-building and logging—but a relentless legal and political battle has kept its future perpetually uncertain. Here's why this landmark conservation policy remains one of the most contested in U.S. history.