Decision to rescind ‘roadless rule’ opens more than 45m acres of national forests to roads, drilling and logging
More than 400 endangered animal and plant species could face accelerated extinction after the
Donald Trump
administration’s
decision to rescind a rule
that has protected old-growth forests for more than two decades.
According to
a new report from the Center for Biological Diversity, the rollback of the
Bill Clinton-era “roadless rule”
could put 7.4m acres (3m hectares) of endangered-species habitat and nearly 1,800 miles (2,900km) of protected rivers and streams at risk, while opening more than 45m acres of national forests to roads, drilling and logging.

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