The Trump administration’s proposed repeal of logging restrictions in roadless areas of national forests has landed at the White House for review.
Officials propose to lift the roadless area conservation rule on about 44 million acres of the roughly 59 million acres where it applies across the national forest system.
State-level roadless-area rules would remain in place in Colorado and in Idaho, where Republican Sen. Jim Risch negotiated the compromise with the Forest Service when he was the state’s governor in 2006.
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The review by the White House Office of Management and Budget is a key step toward releasing the proposed rule for public comment and eventually preparing a final rule. The proposal was submitted Friday, OMB reported.
