WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
EDMONDS, WA - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, called on the Trump administration to reverse course and abandon plans to repeal the U.S. Forest Service's Roadless Rule. For a quarter century, the Roadless Rule has shielded 58.5 million acres of the most pristine and treasured areas within the National Forest System from roadbuilding and logging, including over 2 million acres in Washington state.
This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), opened public comment on its Roadless Rul...