Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court

Roadless areas in Alaska contain important old-growth forests. Mike Reid Photography/Moment via Getty Images Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system. Many are heavily eroded and prone to landslides, and driving vehicles on them can spread invasive species. They need billions of dollars in repairs. Yet the Trump administration wants to build more roads in America’s national forests to expand timber production,…