News

The Press Democrat5d
These 4 million acres of California forests could lose protection. Here’s what President Trump’s ‘roadless rule’ repeal could do
The Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national ...
Wyoming Tribune Eagle3d
Trump administration to end 'Roadless Rule,' opening up Greater Yellowstone to logging
The Trump administration has ended a decades-old rule protecting roadless areas in national forests, which could open ...
The Bulletin10hOpinion
Guest column: Rescinding the Roadless Rule won’t protect from wildfire
Brooke Rollins, US Secretary of Agriculture with the Trump administration, is rescinding the “Roadless Rule.” The Roadless ...
Virginia Mercury1d
Roadless Rule rescission could open up Virginia forestland for road development, logging
The Trump Administration is proposing rolling back national forest protections by rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule.
The Missoula Current News1d
What the end of the ‘roadless rule’ means for Utah’s forests
The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture recently announced it would try to roll back the “roadless rule,” a decades-old ...
Daily Herald1d
What the end of the ‘roadless rule’ could mean for Utah’s national forests
The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture recently announced it would try to roll back the “roadless rule,” a decades-old ...
These 4 million acres of California forests could lose protection. Here’s what Trump’s ‘roadless rule’ repeal could do
The land at stake ranges from the far north's dense coastal forests to Southern California’s great expanses of brush. Experts ...
Post Register6h
Rule blocking logging on forest lands to be rescinded
The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands, ...
Montana Free Press6d
Trump to rescind Roadless Rule, ending protections for 58 million acres nationwide
The proposal could open road construction and logging to about 30 percent of Forest Service land, including about 37% of ...
Grist on MSN4d
The Trump administration claims roads in forests prevent wildfires. Researchers disagree.
The Trump administration announced its intention earlier this week to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Policy, also known as the “Roadless Rule,” which restricts road-building, logging, and ...
KFGO3d
As USDA announces plans to repeal ‘roadless’ rule, ND has 250,000 acres that could be affected
SANTA FE, N.M. ( North Dakota Monitor) — United States Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced this week that her ...
The Lewiston Tribune6d
Idaho Roadless Rule won’t be affected by revocation of national directive
In 2006, Risch led a two-year effort to craft the Idaho-specific roadless rule. Implemented in 2008, it overrides the ...