58 Million Acres of American Wilderness Opened to Logging

The Trump administration's war on America the Beautiful reaches unthinkable heights.

I’ll get straight to it.

The Trump administration just torched one of the last meaningful environmental protections left on our public lands, the 2001 Roadless Rule. With a carnival-barking press release from USDA, they opened 58 million acres of undeveloped national forest to roads, logging, drilling, and extraction.

The systematic looting of the American public estate now stretches into its most sacred corners.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, a certifiable Karen who has the environmental credentials of someone who failed science and thinks trees are just tall weeds, called the universally acclaimed roadless rule “absurd.” Called 800-year-old cedars in the Tongass an “obstacle.” Called it a win for “sustainability.”

Are you out of your mind?

These are the most pristine, carbon-rich, ecologically vital forests in the country. They filter drinking water for millions. Anchor our climate. Shelter endangered species. And they’ve been protected for nearly 25 years with overwhelming publi…