A permanent ban on roadbuilding and logging in wild areas would have a minimal adverse impact on the logging industry. To the contrary. Undeveloped forest areas tend to be the healthiest parts of the National Forests, according to a 1997 federal scientific study. They are healthy because they have experienced the least amount of disruption to their ecosystem. Roaded areas actually contribute to unhealthy forests because roads and industrial activity damage watersheds and habitat.
Roads open forests to invasions of non-native species and provide access for poachers.
Undamaged forest areas are also least vulnerable to fire risk, in part because they have been least affected by a century of fire suppression by the Forest Service. Fire suppression has allowed a build-up of brush and flammable undergrowth which leads to hotter, more damaging wildfires. Roadbuilding also increases the likelihood of human-caused fires. Not in the least. There has been no change to recreational policies as a result of this rule.