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The Trump administration is rolling back a landmark conservation rule from the Clinton era that prevents roadbuilding and logging on roughly 58 million acres of federal forest and wildlands.

The announcement rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule comes as the Forest Service is under orders by President Trump to increase logging and thinning in forests to address the wildfire threat. Environmentalists have already indicated they'll sue to prevent its reversal, however.

After Clinton enacted the rule at the end of his term in 2001, it effectively created de facto wilderness protections for scores of forests in the West and Alaska.

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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 hours ago

Yes, pave the forests, that will help things. Idiot.

[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 28 points 9 hours ago

They could just properly fund the forestry service and have them practice the techniques the natives used for thousands of years...

But that wouldn't be a grift so I guess that isn't gonna happen.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

As if the Forest Service has the budget to maintain even more roads... They already can't keep up with all the dirt roads they currently manage for the logging industry.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Send those illegal immigrants out to rake the forests, probably. Why should they get free room and board in detention centers when they can work?

/s

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah there are roads all over WNC they should maintain but they can't. That is just here. I can't imagine what that would be out west.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

I don't remember the source, but I think I heard it the US Forestry Service maintains 4x the amount of roads of the Interstate Highway system to put it in perspective. I imagine logging equipment is hard as heck on road surfaces too.