Trump’s Repeal of Roadless Rule Would Declare Open Season on Protected Forests

On August 18, Donald Trump’s United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially proposed eliminating the national Roadless Rule. If finalized, the repeal would strip protections from 44.7 million acres of wild intact forest. The rule, passed in 2001, protects in total 58 million acres of forest from road building, logging, fossil fuel extraction, and other development.

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Originally reported by Truthout by Curtis Johnson. Read the full story at the source.