Environment WA governor and AG oppose repeal of federal forest protections
Washington’s governor and attorney general are both criticizing a federal proposal to lift restrictions on construction, logging, and mining on millions of acres of federal forestland.
Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown separately submitted formal comments this month opposing the rollback of the so-called Roadless Rule.
The federal regulation, established in 2001, prohibits industrial activity on about 2 million acres of the national forest in Washington.
“The Roadless Rule has become one of our country’s most consequential conservation policies ever,” Brown and seven other attorneys general wrote in joint comments.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/24/wa-governor-and-ag-oppose-repeal-of-federal-forest-protections/