2025 was a bit of a rodeo, to say the least. We saw the decades-old dreams of sagebrush rebels and pro-industry/anti-regulation zealots surface once again in attempts to sell off public lands and hamstring the agencies that manage them. We also saw the first steps towards an attempted repeal of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule , and moves made to restrict public awareness and input on timber and mining projects. Locally, we saw some National Forests behaving better th