Forestry Chief Says Road Ban Will Start
WASHINGTON — Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth assured members of a Senate committee Tuesday that a sweeping ban on road-building on a third of the nation’s forests will take effect Saturday, even as the administration works to revise the rule.
The administration announced Friday that it would implement the Clinton-era policy that would prohibit logging and road-building, except in rare circumstances, on 58.5 million acres of federal forests. But the administration also promised it would amend the rule to allow more local influence on the process.
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