Roadless Areas and Wilderness

In roadless areas, where there has been no logging or other development, you will find some of our national forests' most beautiful and ecologically significant land. In our efforts to protect roadless areas, The Lands Council works to keep those areas just as they are - now and into the future.

The Inland Northwest National Forests contain hundreds of thousands of acres of unprotected roadless areas. These roadless areas contain much of the last remaining public land of highest ecological integrity. The Lands Council supports steps to protect roadless areas from development and resource extraction, including Congressional designation of wilderness in full consistency with the Wilderness Act.

Click here to read about developments in The Lands Council's efforts to protect roadless areas!

For more information contact our Forest Policy Director, Jeff Juel at (509) 209-2401, or at jjuel@landscouncil.org.