US proposes rescinding Roadless Rule protections for national forests

Mongabay
Aug 25, 2026, 3:31 pm79 ptsTrending
Aug. 25 is a National Day of Action to support U.S. national parks and public lands. One focus of the event is the U.S. government’s intention to rescind a rule that bans road construction and industrial logging across more than 23 million hectares (57 million acres) of national forest land. The 2001 Roadless…

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