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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ml@ecoevo.social ("Megan Lynch (she/her)") wrote:
"The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is rolling back a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests, including more than 4 million acres of federally managed forest lands in California.
The change could open some of California’s most remote backcountry to new roads and development — even as U.S. Forest Service research shows that roads are a major source of wildfire ignitions in the state’s national forests."
https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2026/08/trump-california-forests-logging-roads/ #USpol