99% oppose ending national forest rule. It may happen anyway
Cory Vaillancourt Asheville Citizen Times
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The United Nations is issuing an urgent call to action on the world’s dryland forests - areas that sustain the food security and cultural identity of more than two billion people.
For 25 years, a federal rule kept new roads and most commercial logging out of some of the wildest corners of America’s national forests, including more than 152,000 acres across western North Carolina’s Pisgah and Nantahala national forests.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule that helped protect National Forest System lands from road construction and other development.
A Forest Service assessment identified 152,488 acres of inventoried roadless areas in Western North Carolina, like those seen here in the Pisgah National Forest.
A new study reveals that fires near where human communities meet wildlands, called wildland-urban interface fires, produce disproportionately worse health impacts worldwide. Though these fires emit less smoke overall, their proximity to people causes more premature deaths linked to fine particulate matter and ozone exposure. Disclosure: This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools. WooGlobe Ref : WGA702999
Pisgah Outdoors owner and operator Heath Cartee fly fishes Aug. 24 in the South Mills River in the Turkey Pen area of Pisgah National Forest. Cartee said sediment from road construction and logging could threaten fish habitat if protections under the Roadless Rule are rescinded.
The United Nations is issuing an urgent call to action on the world’s dryland forests - areas that sustain the food security and cultural iden…
Pisgah Outdoors owner and operator Heath Cartee fly fishes Aug. 24 in the South Mills River in the Turkey Pen area of Pisgah National Forest. Cartee said sediment from road construction and logging could threaten fish habitat if protections under the Roadless Rule are rescinded.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule that helped protect National Forest System lands from road construction and other development.
A Forest Service assessment identified 152,488 acres of inventoried roadless areas in Western North Carolina, like those seen here in the Pisgah National Forest.
