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Millions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administration (mander.xyz)

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[-] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

National Forests and National Parks are different things and are managed by different departments.

National Parks (like Yellowstone) are managed by the National Parks Service and we're put aside for conservation and public access. They are protected in perpetuity. As much of a shit head Trump is and as terrible as the Republicans are, I don't think they could actually open these up.

Meanwhile, National Forests are managed by the Department of Agriculture. They were specifically put aside to be public land and to protect the US lumber industry. The rules have been slowly opened up to allow private purchase (for individuals and ranches) and different types of resource gathering (mostly fishing and ore mining, with some oil mining).

I think a lot of people in this thread are mixing up the two as well. National Forests are specifically used for resource gathering and more resource gathering isn't out of the ordinary for these parks.

[-] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Ok I didn't know that, thank you for the education.

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