# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcWUnMNEcXE
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-22T16:17:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

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Nearly 45 MILLION acres of America’s national forests could be opened to roads, logging, and development. 

The U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to eliminate the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule puts wildlife habitat and 70,000 miles of rivers and streams across 37 states at risk. 

⚠️ Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Keep our roadless national forests protected. Take action at the link in our bio. 

#roadlessrule #nationalforests #wildlife #endangeredspecies 

🏔️ NORTHERN ROCKIES 

“Roadless forests are lifelines for grizzly bears and Canada lynx across the northern Rockies,” said Kristine Akland, Northern Rockies director. “Grizzlies need these areas to raise cubs and survive and lynx populations are already declining as mature forest habitat disappears. Building roads and allowing logging in these wild areas would make an already difficult situation for these species even worse. People across the region know how vital these intact forests are for wildlife, and clean water, and they overwhelmingly oppose dismantling the Roadless Rule.” 

🌲 ALASKA 

“We’ll fight Trump’s monstrous proposal to gut the Roadless Rule, which would be disastrous for the Tongass,” said Cooper Freeman, Alaska program director. “Punching roads through 9 million acres of intact temperate rainforest would destroy world-class salmon streams. It would open the door for corporations to clearcut irreplaceable, centuries-old Sitka spruce for export overseas. Alaska’s wild places deserve better.” 

 🌵 SOUTHWEST 

“Roadless forests are where wildlife live,” said Taylor McKinnon, Southwest director. “They’re home to jaguars, Mexican spotted owls, and ocelots, some of the most iconic animals on the continent. Plowing roads into their habitat will bring human-caused wildfires and disturbances that they don’t need and can’t afford. We’ve fought for years to protect the forests and animals of the Southwest and there’s no way we’re giving up now.” 

🌳️ SOUTHEAST 

“Roadless areas protect the most beloved and endangered species in the Southeast,” said Will Harlan, Southeast program director. “The South Mills River harbors one of the country’s most robust hellbender populations. Snowbird and Tusquite

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