WWA
Apr 6, 2026
This new interactive resource allows users to explore all areas in the state currently protected by the 2001 Roadless Rule that stand to lose their protection.
WWA has published a new interactive map of Wyoming's one hundred and seventeen Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) that are under threat of losing their protections after the current administration announced intentions to rescind the Roadless Rule in 2025.
Established in 2001, the Roadless Conservation Rule safeguarded nearly fifty-eight million acres of undeveloped forests nationwide from new permanent roads and large-scale industrial development, including 3.2 million acres in Wyoming.
With about half of all National Forest land already open to drilling, logging, and mining, and less than twenty percent protected as Wilderness, remote Roadless Landscapes - and the clean air and water, intact habitat, pristine forests they, and the unparalleled opportunities for recreation they encompass - are a significant and integral piece to the wildland network here in Wyoming and across the country. Rescission of the Roadless Rule would expose these areas to timber extraction and other threats.
Users can explore this detailed map to see just how integral these Roadless Areas are to Wyoming and what the state stands to lose if the Roadless Rule rescission occurs.