[dottjt]

Interestingly, reading this thread has made me realise that roads more-often-than-not are a path for exploitation (equally as you might describe them as a path for opportunity).

Without roads, you cannot build mines or forestries within the area to extract the resources from the land. Just interesting because I've never thought about roads in this way.

Feels like not building roads is a good thing if preserving the land is the intention.

[abrons]

On that topic here's an interesting article about the Ambler Mining District in Alaska - massive mineral deposits that would require a road through pristine wilderness to access:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-02-27/ambler-ac...

and

https://archive.ph/WP14Q

[dreamcompiler]

The US Forest Service agrees with you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadless_area_conservation