Roadless Area Conservation Act
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-20 — Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation: cross-connection with roadless-area-conservation: Pending legislation (Roadless Area Conservation Act) would codify the 2001 rule that USDA now proposes to repeal, putting the administrative and legislative tracks in direct tension. (novelty: 4)
- 2025-06-11 — Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025: House companion HR3930 (Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025) was introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the House Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources, complementing the Senate’s S2042 in seeking to codify 2001 roadless-area protections on National Forest System lands. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-05-21 — To provide that the final rule titled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation” and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with roadless-area-conservation-rule: HR7695 (repeal-and-build) sits opposite the Roadless Area Conservation Act (codification) — two competing legislative approaches to the same 2001 rule. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-12-02 — Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025: S2042 (Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025) received hearings before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, marking initial legislative movement to codify roadless-area protections on National Forest System lands. (novelty: 3)