Old growth forest in jeopardy

The Tongass old growth forest is one of the wilderness areas that will be directly affected by the withdrawal of protection. Image: sherryvsmith/stock.adobe.com
The Tongass national forest is one of the wilderness areas that will be directly affected by the withdrawal of protection. Image: sherryvsmith/stock.adobe.com

The US Agriculture Secretary is set to scrap a ruling which protects lands which include the US’ largest old growth forest.

According to reports from sources like The Guardian and Associated Press, The Trump administration will backflip protections that prevented logging on nearly a third of US national forest lands, including the largest old growth forest in the country.

Agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, announced the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule will be rescinded. The rule has prohibited road building and logging on all national forest land without roads, accounting for about 59m acres (24m hectares) of US national forest land.

Read more at theguardian.com.

 
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