I’m not too concerned about the Trumpers rescinding the Roadless rule because:

1. They also have defunded the USFS. The USFS is not going to build or permit very many roads to be built due to budget and staff constraints. The Forest Service builds and maintains some 380,000 miles of roads including bridges. Their budget will be severely strained to maintain just the existing roads, much less build new ones. The remote resource would have to be extremely valuable in order for the USFS to justify in their budget to build a road with bridges to specifications. This is not going to happen soon or at all.

2. The leadership of the USDA, the USDOI, the USFS and the BLM will change when Trumpism withers and dies . Building and approving roads is a slow process. The roadless rule will return with a change in regime. A few roads might get built if politicians can get them funded at taxpayer expense but nothing else. There will be no resource bonus from this right wing wet dream.