Trump’s ‘roadless rule’ repeal could remove protections for 4M acres of California forests

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests would strip protection from more than 4 million acres within California’s borders.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced this past Monday that she will act to rescind the “roadless rule,” developed during the Clinton administration, to allow “for fire prevention and responsible timber production” on more than 58 million acres of national forests.