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Yet some folks want to repeal the Roadless Rule and open more national forest lands to new road construction.

House Republicans, led by Rep. Kevin McCarthy – and joined by Reps. Tom McClintock, Dan Lungren and Wally Herger in our region – seek to pass a "Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act" (HR 1581/S 1087), which would "release" roadless areas to patchwork forest-by-forest decision making.