Rep. LaMalfa Praises Decision to Repeal Rule Blocking Forest Access

Rep. LaMalfa praises decision to repeal rule blocking forest access

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to rescind the Roadless Rule is impacting the National Forest System. This move affects nearly 59 million acres previously restricted from road construction and timber harvesting.

Trump administration to end protections for 58 million acres of national forests - West Hawaii Today

The Trump administration said Monday that it would open up 58 million acres of backcountry in national forests to road construction and development, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter-century.

Trump Strips Protection from 58 Million Acres of Wilderness

Henry David Thoreau wrote: “In wildness is the preservation of the world.” Thoreau understood that as humans we need to be nourished by contact with or immersion in the natural world. Environmentalists understand this. They fight the inexorable march of what we call progress, which clear-cuts forest and paves over what once were boundless plains. Today, most of us get into a car and drive for hours to connect to wilderness. And we find solace in…

Trump’s elimination of roadless rule concerns conservationists

Less than two weeks have passed since the public learned of a Senate proposal to sell off public lands, and now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has removed roadless protections for more than 58 million acres of federal land across the nation. Continue reading…

Trump To Strip Protections From Millions Of Acres Of National Forests - South Florida Reporter

By Anna Phillips and Jake Spring A decades-old rule protecting tens of millions of acres of pristine national forest land, including 9 million acres in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, would be rescinded under plans announced Monday by the Trump administration. Speaking at a meeting of Western governors in New Mexico, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the administration would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59…

Trump to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ which protects 58 million acres of forest land

Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration. The post Trump to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ which protects 58 million acres of forest land appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.