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National Forest ‘Roadless’ Areas List: Factsheet
Roadless Areas in the National Forests
Roadless Areas in the National Forests: Background
- Roads can built on these wild lands only for purposes such as fighting forest fires or protecting human health and safety.
- Inventoried roadless areas encompass 58.5 million acres, or 31 percent of lands in the National Forest System.
- According to the Heritage Forests Campaign, roadless areas benefit more than 220 wildlife species listed or proposed for listing as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Inventoried National Forest Roadless Areas by State
Alabama: 13,000 acres
Georgia: 63,000 acres
North Carolina: 172,000 acres
South Carolina: 8,000 acres
Tennessee: 85,000 acres
Virginia: 384,000 acres