Restoration Program

Wildlands CPR's Restoration Program seeks to elevate road removal as an integral component of forest restoration, by combining the ecological benefits of road removal with the economic benefits of road removal jobs. We work with a diverse group of people around the country, including environmental groups, tribes, community-based forestry groups, scientists and restoration practitioners, to promote road removal as a key component of national restoration policy. This work runs the gamut from local on-the-ground projects to promoting road removal funding at the Congressional level. We also have a strong science component focusing on road removal research.

Why is road removal both ecologically and economically beneficial?
Road removal reduces chronic erosion and the risk of landslides, which can greatly harm aquatic habitat and fish. Road removal also provides security for wildlife species like deer, elk, and grizzly bears. Road removal requires heavy machinery and creates high skill, family wage jobs for rural economies. As resource extractive industries continue to lose jobs, road removal and restoration have the potential to return some of those jobs to the local community.