Roadless Rule Repeal Empowers Local Land Management

Roadless Rule Repeal Empowers Local Land Management

By SARAH MONTALBANO On June 23, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. The Clinton-era rule had restricted timber harvesting and road construction on 58 million acres of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands, about a third of U.S. forest lands. Closing off access to public, working USFS lands has […] The post Roadless Rule Repeal Empowers Local Land Management appeared first on Must Read Alaska.