USDA Opens Public Comment Period on Roadless Rule

• The U.S. Division of Agriculture is accepting public feedback on a proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, a long-standing environmental regulation that restricts highway building on federal forest lands.
• The rule has been in style with conservation advocates and out of doors lovers who credit score it with defending tens of millions of acres of pristine wilderness.

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