Washington tribal leaders and environmental advocates are speaking out against the Trump administration’s plan to repeal protections for 2 million acres of national forests in the state.

The U.S. Forest Service has proposed scrapping the so-called Roadless Rule: a federal regulation established in 2001 that prohibits road construction, logging, and mining across millions of acres of national forest land. The rollback would end protections for about 45 million acres nationwide. Public comment on the proposal is open through Sept. 19.

“We are trying to drum up as many comments as we can, telling them that this is absolutely foolhardy and we will not stand for it,” said Lia Brewster, a Northwest conservation campaign strategist for the Sierra Club, during a rally on the state Capitol steps

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