The U.S. Forest Service proposed on Aug. 18 to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule, which bars road building and timber harvesting in roadless parts of the national forests. It is only a proposal, so those bans hold until the repeal is final.
Forest Service moves to open 44 million roadless acres to logging and roads
What we’re less sure of2 of 6 claims
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The rescission would open the affected acreage to logging and road construction.
Framed this way by both The Hill and the WSJ, but it is the reported consequence of removing the rule rather than a stated quantity of acreage that would actually be logged.
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The proposal is an action of the Trump administration.
Attributed to the Trump administration in the headlines of both The Hill and the WSJ, but the story text itself names only the Forest Service as the proposing agency.