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armadillosoft @armadillosoft.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Friends of CA Condors Wild & Free hopes you will join w/us in taking action when issues arise that directly impact critically endangered CA condors. HELP PROTECT THE ROADLESS RULE which protects wildlands for endangered species like the CA condor […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Friends of California Condors Wild and Free recognizes that favorable public policies are necessary for our success in promoting and supporting our mission to enhance public awareness of the endangered California Condor and ensure they are protected, healthy, and free.

We hope that you will join with us in taking periodic action when issues arise that directly impact the critically endangered California condor including the habitat that condors call home.

HELP US PROTECT THE ROADLESS RULE
The Roadless Rule is protecting our intact wildlands for endangered species like the California condor and for the benefit of future generations.

As shown in the linked interactive map, rescinding the Roadless Rule (Alternative 2) will open up forest land in the core habitat of the southern California flock.

Alternative 1 (no action) — maintain the existing Roadless Rule
Alternative 2 (proposed rule) — rescind the Roadless Rule

Please join us in submitting a comment to the Forest Service to urge them to select the "no-action" alternative to the proposed rule change to rescind the national Roadless Rule.

Add Your Comment
The comment period for the proposed rule and draft environmental statement ends at 11:59PM on Oct 6, 2026.

Here are some talking points to consider when submitting your comment:

The Roadless Rule was written 25 years ago with the understanding that our National forests are the largest source of drinking water in the United States. Because road construction and logging are major drivers of sediment pollution in rivers and streams, opening protected areas in headwaters to these activities could contaminate drinking-water supplies for millions of people downstream.

Rescinding the rule is not necessary for wildfire response. The Forest Service already conducts fuel management projects in these areas.

Roadless areas provide needed habitat for 57% of the 537 species of conservation concern that live in the contiguous United States, as documented by this 2021 study by the The Wilderness Society.

New road construction brings human-caused fires, of which more than 80% are caused by human activity, and introduction of invasive species along with fragmentation of habitat, as shown by a 2017 study.

Maria Montag
Board President
Friends of California Condors Wild and Free
805-203-6855

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