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The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests

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The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests
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When most people think about national forests, they imagine vast Western landscapes: Alaska, the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest. But millions of acres of federal woodlands dot the eastern half of the country, too. These great swaths of vibrant ecosystems have long been free of roads, protected by a policy called, appropriately enough, the “roadless rule.”



That may soon change.



Adopted in 2001 during the final days of the Clinton administration, the Roadless Area Conservation Ru

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