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Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness
Federal agencies say opening these lands will reduce wildfire risks and make timber more accessible. Experts, however, say the government is contradicting itself.
By Sarah Mattalian
Michigan’s Norwich Plains is a stretch of unbroken wilderness in the state’s Upper Peninsula dominated by northern hardwood forest, with sugar maples and old-growth aspens that provide habitat for endangered species like the eastern gray wolf and the American martin.