On May 21, the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, held a legislative hearing on seven public lands bills, including one to repeal the Roadless Rule—which has significant implications for taxpayers and was a focus of the hearing discussion. The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibits road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting in 44.7 million acres of inventoried roadless areas in the Nat…
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