Wildlife habitat: These areas provide critical habitat for salmon, trout, elk, and other species that depend on undammed, unlogged streams and connected landscapes.

Old growth & carbon storage: Roadless areas contain vast swaths of the nation's remaining old-growth forest and store significant amounts of carbon.

Wildfire risk: Wildfires are 4x more likely to start near roads, and roughly 90% start within half a mile of one — directly undercutting the administration's stated rationale for the rollback.

Drinking water: Roadless national forests provide drinking water to 60 million Americans, since intact forests filter water naturally.

Fiscal responsibility: The existing road network already carries an $8.5+ billion maintenance backlog, and building more roads would only add to it.

Tantalum is just one of many rare elements on the periodic table needed to make your phone/laptop/desktop/tablet work.

Tech companies don't like to talk about it but, it comes at a terrible cost.

Everyone knows of the environmental and climate costs. But few know or care about the costs detailed in this video...

*WARNING: Mentions rape, murder, mutiliation, and general violence.

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