The rule banning new roads in some forests protects prime bear habitat and was part of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s justification for its failed attempt to delist grizzlies in 2017.

By Jake Bolster

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempted to delist grizzly bears during President Donald Trump’s first administration, its justification for doing so included the quality of grizzly habitat. Under the roadless rule, which prevents new thoroughfares from being built in some of the wildest corners of national forests, the mountainous areas and remote watersheds the bears depend on were ostensibly safe from development.

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