Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests
The Trump administration is moving to roll back the 2001 Roadless Rule, a policy that has long protected nearly 60 million acres of national forest land from logging and road-building. Supporters, including Montana leaders, frame the repeal as overdue flexibility for forest management and wildfire prevention. Critics call it the largest conservation rollback in U.S. history, warning it opens public lands to industrial use. With Montana among the most affected states, the debate underscores the tension between economic interests and environmental interests. Micah Drew with Daily Montanan has the full story.
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