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GOP Senators Seek to Undo Federal ‘Roadless Rule’ via Wildfire Bill Rider

GOP Senators Seek to Undo Federal ‘Roadless Rule’ via Wildfire Bill Rider

Senate Republicans have proposed rescinding the roadless rule by attaching the measure to federal wildfire legislation. The rule has long barred new road construction in designated national forest areas, including about 8 million acres in Oregon, California and Washington.

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Senate Republicans propose rescinding ‘roadless rule’ — by tacking it onto federal wildfire bill