Trump Wants to Roll Back a Rule That Protects Drinking Water for 25 Million Americans The Trump administration is pushing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Policy, which has protected nearly 59 million acres of national forest from logging and road construction.
This move is a ticking time bomb waiting to unleash a wave of water conflicts across America.
A recent study published in PLOS Water reveals that over 80,000 miles of rivers across the continental US are at risk of being compromised by the rollback.