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Environmental groups, hikers and mountain bikers are pushing back against a Trump Administration proposal to remove protections from remote, wild areas within the national forests that could invite development such as logging, mining or oil drilling.<\/p>

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The proposal to remove a 25-year-old \u201croadless rule\u201d overlay from over 4 million acres in California forests, including parts of the Angeles and Cleveland national forests, has drawn outrage from opponents at town halls in LA and Orange counties, who say the plan will poison a local source of drinking water, damage pristine habitat, threaten endangered species and erase beautiful forest vistas enjoyed by millions of Southern Californians.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Roadless Rule is a promise that some places are valuable precisely because they remain wild. Not every acre of our public lands has to be open to roads, or to drilling or extraction; this would open them to the potential of logging and mining,\u201d said Juana Torres, who chairs the Forest Committee of the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club and has 20 years experience in advancing conservation in the Angeles National Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.<\/p>\n

More than 100 people came to a town hall at an Elks Lodge in Duarte on Monday, May 18, including Torres. It was one of many held throughout the state in response to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins actions to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that protects habitat and wildlife on 58 million acres of remote sections of national forests by blocking permanent roads and development activity.<\/p>\n

Rollins has called the 2001 President Clinton-era rule \u201ca bureaucratic barrier to action,\u201d and one that creates neglect and even makes parts of national forests more prone to wildfires, while making it \u201cnearly impossible to establish a reliable timber supply.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wildfire scientists, conservationists and others disagreed with the argument that building roads into the upper reaches of California\u2019s and other western state\u2019s national forests would aid in wildfire prevention. In fact, about 30 scientists from western universities said in a letter to Rollins that studies show the opposite is true. Namely, that most wildfires are four times more likely to ignite within 50 meters of roads.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Rollins from Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, they wrote the U.S. Forest Service, which is under the USDA, said a threat of wildfires caused by roadless zones is not true. They said the Forest Service had concluded that building roads into what are known as \u201cInventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs)\u201d actually would increase the chance of human-caused wildfires by introducing more vehicles and people \u2014 often the cause of wildfires.<\/p>

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A study from the Pacific Biodiversity Institute found over 90% of wildfires occurred within a half mile of a road.<\/p>\n

Unofficial accounts of how the recent Sandy fire started, still burning in the hills of Sylmar, were attributed to a tractor that hit a rock, causing a spark that ignited dry brush.<\/p>\n

The forests across the country managed by the USFS can\u2019t maintain the 368,102 miles of roads in the forests today, the members of Congress wrote. This has left a deferred maintenance backlog that costs nearly $6 billion. Adding more roads is a \u201cmassive waste of taxpayer money,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

A firefighter manager in Lake Tahoe told CalMatters in a report in June 2025 that the small part of nearby national forest areas that are roadless can be reached through helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropping water and fire retardant. Building roads would not help with fire suppression.<\/p>

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Locally, it\u2019s unlikely that logging could return to the Angeles National Forest, since the commercial logging era of the mid-1800s ended in 1950. A USFS historical analysis of the Angeles\u2019 history and geography said the area was not prone to logging since it was dominated by chaparral. However, timber was used to build the missions in San Fernando and San Gabriel.<\/p>\n

After gold was discovered in 1842 in Placerita Canyon (near modern Santa Clarita), mining activity \u2014 mostly small mines gouged out of the slopes \u2014 left scars from mining that produced mixed results. But most mining ventures were inactive by 1896, according to the historical report.<\/p>\n

Still, conservationists and those who recreate in the forests speaking at the Duarte meeting worry that mineral strip-mining operations or oil drilling or roads built by utility companies could pop up in out-of-the-way IRA areas of the Angeles, damaging what are sensitive areas specially protected by the U.S. Forest Service roadless rule. The groups represented included: Sierra Club, CalWild, COFEM, Nature For All, Wilderness Society, the Xaapchivitam Clan of Native Americans, League of Conservation Voters and the Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people think about wilderness or roadless areas, they think of far away places like Alaska or Yosemite (National Park),\u201d Torres told the group in Duarte. \u201cWe are lucky. We don\u2019t have to drive across the country or go searching for spectacular roadless landscapes. They are here, in the Angeles National Forest, which spans the entire width of Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoadless areas (in national forests) are not just empty land waiting for a purpose. They already have a purpose. They give us water and provide a home for animals and plants,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

Jose Sanchez, an organizer with the Council of Mexican Federations in North America, known as COFEM, brought others to the meeting so they could speak out against eliminating protections from the IRA portions of the Angeles. He said many members are Latino mothers of LA County who grew up not having access to the forest but who want their children to experience nature untouched by humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI myself, growing up, didn\u2019t know of the advantages of going to public lands. Now, thank God, I know and I bring my daughter there,\u201d Sanchez said in an interview. Others spoke of mental health advantages, as well as the benefits of hiking as exercise to help the body\u2019s heart and circulatory system.<\/p>\n

The vast, Angeles National Forest spans 700,000 acres of wilderness forming the northern boundary of Los Angeles County and is known as \u201cLA\u2019s backyard.\u201d The Angeles gets about 3.5 million to 4.6 million visitors annually, more than most national parks.<\/p>\n

The amount of land designated as roadless, or IRAs, represents only a fraction of the entire forest lands in the state \u2014 about 4 million acres. In the Angeles, there are 95,000 acres of IRAs, out of 700,000 acres. These roadless areas are described as \u201cundeveloped backcountry tracts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Court battles through the last 10 years have often centered on roadless areas within the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which opponents say the Trump Administration is targeting for timber and mining interests.\u00a0It is singled out in a statement from the USFS. Also, the USFS statement on its website points to the 2001 rule establishing \u201cprohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction and timber harvests on nearly 60 million acres of national forests and grasslands.\u201d<\/p>

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However, today, the roadless rule pertains to 45 million acres, mostly because federal lands in Colorado and Idaho are exempt from the proposed rule elimination, according to a statement from Rollins.<\/p>\n

The \u201croadless rule\u201d on certain lands helps to \u201cpreserve their ecological integrity and wilderness character,\u201d the USFS wrote on its website. Also, while building permanent roads are not allowed, these areas are \u201chighly prized for hiking, wildlife viewing and primitive recreation,\u201d according to the USFS.<\/p>\n

However, in the USDA statement, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz favored eliminating the roadless rule, saying it would grant local forest managers the authority to make decisions on tree clearing to reduce the chance of wildfires. The USDA also said getting rid of the rule aligns aligns with a Trump executive order unleashing deregulation and \u201cto get rid of overcomplicated, burdensome barriers that hamper American business and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IRAs are only found in the most remote areas of the local forests. Also, there are exceptions for roads that allow emergency vehicles. Most prevent all roads, while some versions of IRAs make exceptions. In most cases, any roads built must be removed once their use is fulfilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can be temporary roads but they don\u2019t allow roads to be built for a logging or mining company,\u201d said Steve Messer, founder of the California Mountain Biking Association who has repaired trails in the Angeles for 40 years and ridden his bike on many dirt trails through roadless areas.<\/p>\n

One of the main entrance roads into the Angeles, Highway 2, also known as Angeles Crest Highway in La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, brings visitors to campgrounds, lookouts and trailheads. Messer said one only has to drive this road for a short while to see the unspoiled wilderness to the north out of their windshield.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes those views incredible? Those intact landscapes,\u201d he told the gathering in Duarte. \u201cThese views are stunning not because of what is there, but because what isn\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n

A list of roadless areas and their benefits, cobbled together from USFS maps and from the conservation group CalWild and others, includes:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fish and Castaic canyons in the northern reach of the Angeles, north of Santa Clarita. These are some of the largest remaining undeveloped regions in the forest. CalWild says the IRAs there help protect endangered species, including: the arroyo toad, least Bell\u2019s vireo, California condor, Southwestern willow flycatcher and unarmored three-spined stickleback.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Areas north and south of the San Gabriel Wilderness and Sheep Mountain Wilderness, both specially designated wild areas in the Angeles National Forest north of Azusa. IRA designations vary here, from no roads allowed to some roads allowed. Highway 2 does not go through both wilderness areas, and does not cross into the majority of IRA acreage that acts as a buffer for the two wilderness areas. The Nelson\u2019s bighorn sheep live on cliffs in their wilderness area. A gap in Highway 39 long-closed due to mudslides has been held up due to biologists\u2019 concerns that cars would strike the sheep\u2019s offspring, which use the car-free area for spawning.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Trabuco-Hot Springs IRA in the Cleveland National Forest in Riverside and Orange counties supports popular trails leading to San Juan Creek and Ortega Falls. It is also home to a large alder tree grove and supports endangered species, such as the arroyo toad.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In the San Bernardino National Forest, CalWild lists: Middle Fork Lytle Creek as a natural waterway flowing through the IRA, supporting a wild trout fishery as well as Nelson\u2019s bighorn sheep; Deep Creek, a popular spot for day hikers located on the north slope of the San Bernardino Mountains that has deep pools and hot springs and is intersected by the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail; Pyramid Peak in Riverside County, home to the endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep and also used by members of the Cahuilla Tribe to collect traditional food and medicine plants.<\/p>\n

Roadless areas help supply drinking water to at least 124 million Americans in more than 3,400 communities across 33 states, according to roadless.org, a site created by opponents to the USDA proposal to rescind the rule.<\/p>\n

Torres said she and her daughter enjoy hiking in the Fish Canyon\/Castaic IRA. \u201cMy daughter should be able to visit wild places close to home, without seeing roads, mining or logging,\u201d she told the group.<\/p>\n

Torres and Messer invited those in attendance to write comments on cards that they are collecting to send to the USDA. Also, public testimony was recorded and will also be sent.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 29, Rollins placed a notice of intent to change the rule in the Federal Register. The comment period ended Sept. 19, lasting 21 days. The opponents website, roadless.org, said about 600,000 comments were received and 99.8% opposed repealing the rule. Once the draft Environmental Impact Statement is released, a new comment window will be set up.<\/p>\n

Messer said most comment periods for environmental impact reports are 45 to 90 days. \u201cThis administration is shortening the comment period down,\u201d he said. \u201cCompressed timelines don\u2019t give us much time to analyze what is being put out.\u201d The EIS could be released as early as the end of this month, he said. The conservation and recreation groups are collecting comments to send to USDA once the next comment period is opened, he said.<\/p>\n

A town hall was held in Rockland, CA near Sacramento last week. On May 7, one was held at O\u2019Neill Regional Park in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County. A town hall will be held in Ojai in Santa Barbara County on May 27 and in Ventura on May 28. Comments also can be left on the roadless.org site.<\/p>\n

The USDA did not respond to questions about the date of the next release or the comment period length.<\/p>

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