The Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests would strip protection from more than 4 million acres within California’s borders.  U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on Monday that she will act to rescind the “roadless rule,” developed during the Clinton administration, to allow “for fire prevention and responsible timber production” on more than 58 million acres of national forests. … These roadless areas are considered important for providing habitat for more than 200 threatened or endangered species of wildlife, including owls, salmon and frogs, and for protecting vital watersheds. … U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat representing Northern California coastal communities and parts of Trinity and Six Rivers national forests, said the revision would threaten watersheds that provide clean drinking water, the rights of tribes and local communities, and the power of forests to hold onto climate-warming carbon. 

Other public land and national forests news:

• Utah News Dispatch (Salt Lake City): Mike Lee drops national forests from proposed public land sale, makes several other changes​
• The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.): SLO County federal forests saved from land sale. But other areas are still at risk
• Lost Coast Outpost (Eureka, Calif.): Are Humboldt’s Ma-le’l Dunes still at risk despite changes to federal land-sale bill?
• Edhat (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Los Padres National Forest safe for now as Senate proposal to force sale of public lands stalls