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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: You can almost hear the chainsaws'

The Trump administration has said it will rescind Clinton's roadless rule, more than two decades after its introduction appeared to mark the end of the bitter battle between environmentalists and loggers over the future of America's best remaining woodland. The rule is overly restrictive and an absurd obstacle to development, according to Brooke Rollins, Trump's secretary of agriculture, as she outlined its demise in June.
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fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

How to comment on the planned roadless rule rollback - High Country News

The Department of Agriculture proposes rescinding the 2001 roadless rule protecting 58.5 million acres of Forest Service land, with a public comment deadline of Sept. 19.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

The Trump administration wants to build more roads through national forests

For nearly 25 years, the Roadless Rule has frustrated land managers and served as a barrier to action prohibiting road construction, which has limited wildfire suppression and active forest management,
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fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Letters: Rolling back Roadless Rule threatens our forests, communities

The rollback of the Roadless Rule will jeopardize 60 million acres of protected national forest, increasing wildfire risk and threatening public resources.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago
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Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' which protects 58 million acres of forest land

The Trump administration is reversing the 2001 Roadless Rule, allowing more logging in federal forests despite environmentalist opposition.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago
SF politics

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands

The Trump administration plans to rescind the roadless rule that restricted logging on national forest lands, promoting increased timber production.
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