Trump government pushes forward with proposal to eliminate log quotas
The U.S. Forest Service, under the Trump administration, has presented a proposal that aims to lift bans on sledding areas and logging in national forests. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the plan on Wednesday.
The plan includes an environmental impact statement and the public will be given an opportunity to comment on it from now until September 19. This move comes as part of an effort to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, first implemented in 2001, which currently applies to 58.5 million acres of national forests.
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibits road construction, a necessity for commercial logging, in the covered areas. However, the new proposal allows for exemptions to this road construction prohibition in limited circumstances.
The forest system covers a total of 193 million acres, and the plan, if approved, will affect a significant portion of it. The proposal to end logging prohibitions on roadless areas of national forests will be presented on Friday.
The public is encouraged to voice their opinions during the development of the environmental impact statement. The Agriculture Department will take these comments into account as they move forward with the plan.
The proposed changes, if implemented, could have a significant impact on the national forests and the various ecosystems they support. It is expected that the final decision will be made after considering the public comments and the environmental impact statement.
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