The Trump administration wants to open millions of acres of national forests for development. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that it is canceling a historical rule that prevents road construction and wood harvesting in the last unfamiliar parts of the national forest.

USDA They say This step will promote wood production, while the authorities will help manage the land suffering from wildfire. Protection groups say it is only an industry -led land that can level ancient forests and increase the risk of wildfire.

Andy Modero, Senior Policy Director of Alaska Wilderness League said, “Don’t make any mistake: this administration will do whatever we do to sell places where we hunt, make fish, rebuild, and participate in long -running traditions.” Press statement“Today’s announcement is a clear attempt to sell public land for clear-cut logging on the industrial scale.”

In one step likely to face legal challenges, USDA is “pulling out”Roadless rules“The bill was implemented by Clinton back in 2001 and Brook Rolins, Secretary, Agriculture, is called” very restrictive “. In a press releaseIt is as follows Executive Order signed by President Trump To expand the production of wood in March. According to the USDA, getting rid of the roadless rule will remove security from about 59 million acres of forest, or about 30 percent of the national forest system land.

Some forests will be more affected than others. The rule affects 92 percent of Tongs National Forest in Alaska, which is still the largest old development forest in the US. This is one Most election fought area Since Trump first withdrew the security of the roadless rules in 2020, before the Biden administration restored him a few years later.

The USDA also claims that the first protected 28 million acres of land under the roadless rule is “at high or high risk of wildfire”. But allowing new roads and logging there will not reduce the risk of forest fire – it will be contrasting by increasing the risk of mismanagement of the forest, combating environmental groups.

“When they say we will open [forests] For responsible management. When I saw that I have a height of irresponsible management to open them on the streets and logging, I almost laugh. , Start near the roads, She says – perhaps a stray cigarette butt or camp fire. Loggers too Target mature trees It is more flexible for fire than small plants that are more likely to burn.

“It is also a very fine subject, and it is being completely exploited by the wood industry and current administration,” Spivation states Ruckus,

There is an old school mentality that fire fighting Logging industry has practiced Historically to preserve areas where they harvest wood. Has been an old strategy Press any kind of wildfireWhich unknowingly blows in some forests inadvertently by allowing dry vegetation in the weight of the tinder. In some parts of western America, fire is one Natural part of landscape This explains clear debris which can otherwise turn into fuel for large infranos.