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Trump's plan to expand U.S. timber production puts national forest lands at risk

President Trump is trying to reverse the Clinton-era rule that puts 59 million acres of National Forest lands off limits to timber harvest and other development. America’s timber industry may not see the boom many conservatives expect.

NPR’s Kirk Siegler reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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