Aug. 24, 2026 Editor, The News-Gazette: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, parent agency of the U.S. Forest Service, has just released its plans to strip millions of acres of wild forests of their protections. The Trump administration has proposed repealing the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
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