President Trump continued his assault on America’s wild, public lands this week, directing Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to rescind the longstanding rule protecting the nation’s roadless backcountry.

A controversial heavy sands mining project proposed on the southern fringes of the Okefenokee National Wildlife refuge will not be developed, thanks to a $60 million land purchase agreement between The Conservation Fund and the Alabama-based mining company, Twin Pines Minerals. The purchase was finalized Friday.