Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025

• Section 2(a)(2) notes that protecting roadless areas ensures a supply of clean water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses, and provides drinking water to tens of millions of citizens. This is a positive outcome because it helps maintain affordable, clean water for a growing population and saves downstream communities millions of dollars in water filtration costs.

• Section 2(a)(7) explains that roadless areas provide unparalleled opportunities for outdoor recreation, including hiking, camping, picnicking, wildlife viewing, hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, canoeing, and mountain biking. This directly benefits individuals who enjoy the outdoors and supports recreation-based economies that depend on public land without roads for jobs, revenue, and consumer spending.

• Section 2(a)(9) points out that roadless areas contain many sites sacred to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and other groups. Protecting these areas helps preserve spaces used for spiritual and religious practices, access, and customary and traditional uses.

Based on the provided text, there are no specific sections or provisions identified that outline negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups of people in the United States. Section 2(a)(11) explicitly notes that the Act does not impose any new limitations on inventoried roadless areas or on the use of, or access to, National Forest System, State, or private land outside inventoried roadless areas.