The Trump administration wants to build more roads through national forests

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(Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images | AFP via Getty)The Trump administration wants to build more roads in the country’s national forests by rescinding a decades-old rule that protects nearly 60 million acres of forested lands. Additionally, plowing roads into roadless forests and cutting through forest canopies can change the types of vegetation that grow on the forest floor. International Day of Forests arrives amid concerns over Trump’s sweeping logging agenda The world celebrates International Day of Forests on Friday, but President Trump aims to expand American logging and roll back reforestation efforts. Managing forests to reduce wildfireThe Roadless Rule has been a source of conflict and litigation between states, industry and environmental groups since its creation in 2001. Much of the Tongass remains closed to logging because of the 2001 Roadless Rule.