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Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' which protects 58 million acres of forest land

A roadless National Forest area in Oregon that was given enhanced protections by President Clinton in 2001

Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.

(Image credit: Kirk Siegler)

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