Opponents say the proposed rule would be a giveaway to the timber industry.
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Opponents say the proposed rule would be a giveaway to the timber industry.
The Gifford Fire burns through Los Padres National Forest in California on Aug. 2, 2025.
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When the Trump administration announced plans last year to rescind a rule limiting roadbuilding and timber harvests on millions of acres of national forests and grasslands, officials called the repeal necessary to prevent and manage wildfires.
The Trump administration could update the Roadless Rule to permit temporary roads to allow for forest thinning.
Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment
New research shows every $1 the U.S. Forest Service spent to minimize wildfire risk prevented nearly $4 in damages.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”
In addition to preventing an estimated 2.7 million tons of carbon emissions and $2.8 billion in damages, UC Davis researchers…
The US Forest Service has proposed closing some three-quarters of its research sites in a move that has provoked widespread fear…
