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.
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,