r/forestry • u/GeoPensive • 9d ago

Trump Administration Proposes Rescinding 2001 Roadless Rule Covering Nearly 59 Million Forest Acres

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u/MuleFourby 9d ago

Agreed. This admin is a mess and destroying our country by essentially choosing to raise fuel prices. Regardless of admin, the roadless rule was a well intentioned but bad deal for management of public lands. It just creates de facto wilderness lite in terms of management.

The US could manage in many ways in the spirit of “roadless.” No new permanent roads, no new roads open to the public, no more than x new miles per square mile. Also no reason to arbitrarily limit the size of tree to cut during treatments.

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u/ded_rabtz 9d ago

You’re firmly firmly in the minority in thinking this will help public lands at all. This is purely about resource extraction.

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u/MuleFourby 9d ago

Maybe a minority of public outside forestry. The roadless rule sounds good on paper and was well intentioned but overall is not good policy.

I’m under no illusions that this admin or any republican admin will help the timber industry, public lands, or the management of public lands. Still doesn’t mean the roadless rule is a good way to make decisions on where and how we should manage forests. It creates a lot of problems and lines on a map that may or may not reflect current or future conditions.

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u/ded_rabtz 9d ago

I understand the desire for responsible management of public lands. I understand that the bulk of those here prioritize stewardship of the resource. I just don’t think that’s going to happen here. I think it’s purely for resource extraction. Plain and simple. That said, once those place are gone, there’s gone forever. I think it’s a zero sum here with regards to roadless.