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April Ehrlich/OPBThe roadless rule has long prevented new road construction in certain forests, including 8 million acres in Oregon, California and Washington. -
Courtesy U.S. Forest ServiceThe Trump administration is preparing to roll back Clinton-era wildland protections with a shortened public comment period and without holding public hearings. Now, unofficial hearings on the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule are cropping up in the Northwest and across the country.
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Federal officials announced in August they would terminate a 25-year-old rule protecting from development on nearly 60 million acres of forests, including 2 million in Oregon -
The public comment period for rescinding the "roadless rule" ends this week. Federal forest land along the Oregon-California border could be affected.
