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Forest Service Issues Official Notice of Intent Opening 30-Day Comment Period on Roadless Rule Rewrite — Where and How to Submit a Comment to Protect Public Lands

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The U.S. Forest Service published an official Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on August 24, 2026, launching an urgent 30-day public comment window on a proposed rewrite of the Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212). While conservation organizations like The Wilderness Society have framed the policy revision alongside ongoing attempts to dismantle the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule […]
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Correction: Montana’s Crazy Mountains Land Swap, What Actually Happened and Why Locals Are Still Fighting

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Correction of the original article from June 19 A century-old trail network on the eastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains has officially been closed to the public, marking a flashpoint in a highly contested federal land exchange. In an in-depth investigation co-published by WyoFile and Floodlight, details have emerged regarding how the U.S. Forest Service relinquished public access to historic […]
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USDA Moves to Roll Back Roadless Rule, Putting 45 Million Acres of National Forest at Risk

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a landmark policy that has protected roughly 45 million acres of national forest across 37 states for nearly a quarter century. The Trump administration announced it will publish a Notice of Intent to roll back the rule on Friday, August 29, initiating a process that […]
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3 Unprecedented Government Attacks Put New Mexico’s Public Lands in Jeopardy

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In the high desert of northwestern New Mexico, Chaco Canyon stands as one of the most significant cultural landscapes in North America. Between A.D. 900 and 1150, the Ancestral Puebloans constructed monumental sandstone complexes there, some aligned with solar and lunar cycles in what archaeologists describe as advanced archaeoastronomy. At its height, Chaco served as a ceremonial, cultural, and economic […]
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National Weather Service to Rehire Hundreds After Cuts, Bolstering Winter Forecasting for Ski Country

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The National Weather Service (NWS) will move forward with hiring hundreds of staff after months of backlash over deep personnel cuts, a decision that could improve winter weather forecasting for ski resorts and mountain communities nationwide. The Office of Personnel Management approved the hires after the NWS successfully argued for a public safety exemption to the federal hiring freeze that […]
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Trump’s New Bill Passes: Key Impacts on the Ski Industry

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has passed and the ski industry finds itself staring down a future shaped by fossil fuel expansion, climate policy rollbacks, and deep cuts to public lands funding. While the bill promises energy independence and economic growth, it also poses a risk to shorter ski seasons due to the potential for warmer temperatures. For ski towns, resort […]
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Public Urged to Help Protect 58 Million Acres of National Forest as Trump Administration Moves to Repeal Roadless Rule

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More than 50 million acres of protected U.S. forestlands could face new threats as the Trump administration moves to eliminate longstanding environmental safeguards. On June 23, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the administration intends to rescind the Forest Service Roadless Rule, a federal policy that has safeguarded vast swaths of national forestland from new road construction, logging, […]
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Trump Administration Rescinds Roadless Rule, Raising Questions for Backcountry Skiing and Forest Access

The Trump administration has rescinded the 2001 Roadless Rule, a move that could reshape how 58.5 million acres of national forestland are accessed, managed and developed—with direct implications for the ski industry and backcountry users. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it will lift the two-decade-old protections, describing the rule as overly restrictive and outdated. The Roadless Rule […]
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Vermont’s Northern Ski Resorts Feel the Chill of Declining Canadian Tourism Under Trump Administration

In Vermont’s snow-covered Northeast Kingdom, the winter silence is arriving earlier than expected—not from a lack of snow, but from a lack of visitors. Canadian ones, specifically. Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, ski resorts and border businesses across northern Vermont have reported a sharp and unsettling drop in tourism from their neighbors to the north as a direct […]
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Snowsports Industries America Launches Weekly Tariff Series to Help Winter Outdoor Businesses Navigate Trade Challenges

Snowsports Industries America (SIA) has introduced a new four-week educational series aimed at helping winter outdoor businesses understand and manage the growing complexities of global trade. The SIA Tariff Series, which begins this week, is tailored specifically for SIA members navigating evolving tariffs and international regulations that directly impact products like skis, apparel, and equipment. Below is the full press […]
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Ski Industry Gets Temporary Reprieve as Trump Pauses Tariffs on European Goods

This article is a follow-up to a previous one published on Wednesday. The American ski industry is getting a short-term breather. President Donald Trump on Wednesday unexpectedly paused a sweeping round of import tariffs just hours after they officially took effect—giving the industry, and many of its European suppliers, a temporary reprieve. The 20% tariffs on goods from the European […]
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Trump Administration Planning to Open 2.3 Million Acres of Wildlife Refuge Land for Hunting and Fishing

The Trump administration plans to open 2.3 million acres of land for hunting and fishing at over 100 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries under a proposal announced on Wednesday, April 8, that aims to give Americans more recreational access on public lands. Several hunting and fishing have already said that they are in favor of the plan, but there […]
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Plans Finalized to Open Up Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante to Drilling, Mining, and Cattle-Grazing

Plans have been finalized by the Trump administration today, Thursday, Feb. 6, allowing energy drilling, cattle grazing, and mining on nearly one million acres of land in Southern Utah that once belong to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This land includes Bears Ears, which has been subject to heated controversy in recent years. These companies are now one step closer to […]
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Food Trucks and Amazon Deliveries | How the Government’s Privatization Plans Could Affect our National Parks

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A new proposal by the Trump administration to privatize national park campgrounds is reportedly under consideration. The proposal could allow private firms to run aspects of the nation’s campgrounds and could lead to Amazon deliveries at campsites within the parks (for an extra fee), bringing food trucks to popular parks and eliminating senior discounts during peak holiday seasons. Related: Controversial Plans Approved […]
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