Demand Progress

Trump’s Department of Agriculture is pushing a rollback of federal protections for national forests that surround Yellowstone National Park and many other of America’s parks.¹ And a decision could be imminent.

A federal regulation called the “Roadless Rule” has been in place for over two decades to protect tens of millions of acres of national forests from destruction.² Trump wants to get rid of the rule and destroy the forests around Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Yosemite, and other national parks — posing a direct threat to biodiversity, wildlife, clean water, and the environment writ-large.³

Congress must act now to protect national forests from destruction at the hands of corporate profiteers and the White House.

Sign the petition: Don’t let Trump rollback regulations that protect the forests surrounding Yellowstone and Yosemite!

Local tribes are also opposed to this rollback and the further destruction of their lands. “You cannot separate us from the land,” said President Gloria Burns, Ketchikan Indian Community. “We depend on Congress to update the outdated and predatory, antiquated laws that allow other countries and outside sources to extract our resource wealth. This is an attack on Tribes and our people who depend on the land to eat. The federal government must act and provide us the safeguards we need or leave our home roadless.”⁴

Not only would Trump’s rollback harm water sources, tribes, wildlife, and biodiversity, it would also cost taxpayers money to fund the bulldozing of forestland for federal roadbuilding.⁵

Trump ending the Roadless Rule would be an environmental travesty, an attack on national parks, and a rebuke of local tribes and advocates. Congress must act to save 45 million acres of national forests.

Sign the petition: Block Trump’s bid to open up national forests for destruction.

Sources:

1. The Los Angeles Times, "Trump administration presses rollback of 'Roadless Rule' on wildlands - Los Angeles Times,” August 27, 2025.
2. Center for Biological Diversity, Resisting the Roadless Rule Rollback,” 2025.
3. NPCA, "6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place,” September 4, 2025.
4. Earthjustice, "Trump Administration Attempt to Repeal Roadless Rule Met With Widespread Opposition,” August 27, 2025.
5. Center for Biological Diversity, Resisting the Roadless Rule Rollback,” 2025.