ABCNEWS - Trump admin moves to allow logging and construction in national forests
The USDA, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service, filed the proposed rule and corresponding draft environmental impact statement in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
DAILYCALLER (Derek VanBuskirk) - Trump Admin Seeks To Develop Millions Of Acres Of National Forest Land
‘Restores the flexibility’
NPR (Kirk Siegler) - President Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn
President Trump is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
NYTIMES (Anna Griffin and Loren Elliott) - In a Wild Corner of the West, Elk Are Everywhere and Causing Conflict
Where Washington, Idaho and Oregon meet, elk are straying from public to private lands, causing conflict and concern. If the Trump administration opens national forests further, it could get worse.