Deadline: September 21, 2026 at 5:00pm PDT
Why this Matters
Two Oregon conservation groups are running petitions against the Roadless Rule rescission, and both will be delivered to the Forest Service as part of the public record. Signing takes about a minute each.
This is the low-effort version of the roadless fight, gathered in one place so it does not get lost inside the longer call to action. If you have fifteen minutes rather than two, the thing that carries real legal weight is a comment filed in the agency's own docket, and our Roadless Rule call to action walks you through that.
Worth being clear about the difference. A petition adds your name to a count. A docket comment is a document the agency is obliged to consider and respond to. Signing is not commenting, and the two are not interchangeable. Do both if you can, and if you only do one, make it the comment.
Note the earlier deadline. Cascadia Wildlands closes its petition at 5 p.m. Pacific on September 21, four hours before the federal comment window closes, because they have to compile and submit it.
Steps to Take
Sign the Cascadia Wildlands petition urging the Forest Service to keep the Roadless Rule. Cascadia will submit it to the agency and your name goes into the public record. Their cutoff is 5 p.m. Pacific on September 21.
Sign the KS Wild petition opposing the rollback. KS Wild is the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, working the forests of southern Oregon and northern California.
Know what you are signing up for. Both petitions are hosted on the organizations' own advocacy platforms, so signing adds you to their mailing lists. Both are groups worth hearing from, but it is your inbox and you should know before you click.
Then write the comment. Neither petition allows you to add your own words, and Cascadia says so themselves. The agency has to respond to substantive comments in its docket, not to petition totals. Our Roadless Rule call to action has the comment form, the maps, sample letters and the Forest Service's own research.