Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”
By Lisa Friedman
The move aims to ease restrictions on industries and boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.
Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment
Biden’s Public Lands Rule ensured protecting or rehabilitating federal land would be as legitimate a use as mining, logging or…
Move is part of broad effort to open public lands to industry and other uses, threatening wildlife and ecosystems
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration recently repealed the 2024 Public Lands Rule, which established that conservation…
Opponents say administration’s plan prioritizes big agriculture at expense of wildlife and protected species
