The Road to Ruin: Trump's Latest Assault on America's Wilderness The Trump administration has set its sights on the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a move that would dismantle environmental protections in vast swaths of public land.
This decision is part of a long running campaign to prioritize corporate interests over conservation.
The USDA justifies this rescission by claiming it will allow local forest managers to mitigate wildfire risk more effectively. However, this argument rings hollow.