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A pending federal proposal would roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which prevents road construction and timber harvesting on millions of acres of federal forest land, including in the Shawnee National Forest. Kate McCann reports. buff.ly/JWsmIuL
capitolnewsillinois.com
‘Looking at the forest as a crop’: Trump admin’s logging rule would expose Shawnee Forest
A Trump administration proposal could open protected areas of Illinois' Shawnee National Forest to logging and drilling.