Thank you, Senator Wyden. Chief Shultz, I was thrilled by the announcement made by Secretary Rawlins about the rescission of the 2001 roadless rule. The Roadless rule prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on nearly 59 million acres of National Forest System lands. including 60% of the forest Service land in Utah. By the way, that 59 million acres represents nearly 10% of the total federal land footprint. This is a significant amount of land. (00:13–00:33)
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Asserts that the Roadless rule restricts activities on 59 million acres of National Forest System lands.
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