Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court

The Trump administration has formally proposed scrapping the 2001 Roadless Rule, which shields more than fifty-eight million acres of national forest from road construction and logging. The administration says building roads will help fight wildfires, but The Conversation reports that roads actually tend to increase fire risk by drawing in more human activity. With overwhelming public opposition and a rushed thirty-day comment period, legal challenges are all but certain — and the administration faces an uphill battle in court.

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