Currently, tensions are high across protected lands all over the United States, such is the case at national parks, where underfunding and staffing shortages have been causing significant issues. In fact, two California national parks recently voted to become unionized . Now, yet again, America's nature trails are making the headlines, only this time, the country's national forests are the focal point.

The U.S. government is not backing down on its decision to build more roads across America's national forests, which was recently outlined in a press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It seeks to remove a 24-year-old rule that prohibits road construction on at least 45 million acres of land.

However, some officials say the absence of roads has been a "barrier" and

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