FOREST SERVICE TAKES NEXT STEP IN ELIMINATING ROADLESS RULE, TRIGGERING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
The Roadless Rule was established in 2001 by the U.S. Forest Service to protect 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System from road construction, timber harvesting, and other development. This conservation measure, also known as the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, was intended to provide lasting protection for these lands. On August 27 The USDA began the process to repeal the Roadless Rule.
The public has just THREE WEEKS, until September 19, to comment on this first step in the Forest Service’s process to rescind the Roadless Rule.
Please CLICK TO COMMENT HERE.
Purpose of the 2001 Roadless Rule:
To protect the least-developed portions of national forests.
Scope:
Protects approximately 58.5 million acres of National Forest land across the country, mainly in the western states.
Goals:
To conserve important habitat for fish and wildlife, protect water supplies, and preserve opportunities for recreation.
Subsequent Developments:
The rule has faced legal challenges and changes in administration, with efforts to repeal and modify it over the years. Despite these challenges, the core intent of the 2001 rule was to provide consistent, lasting protection for these wild areas. To see the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy and the decades-long legal fight to defend it -
CLICK HERE TO SEE the complete timeline of challenges.
Now, with the new USDA leadership, they wish to completely eliminate this Rule and its protection of public lands.
The public has just THREE WEEKS, until September 19, to comment on this first step in the Forest Service’s process to rescind the Roadless Rule.
Please CLICK TO COMMENT HERE.
The Roadless Rule was established in 2001 by the U.S. Forest Service to protect 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System from road construction, timber harvesting, and other development. This conservation measure, also known as the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, was intended to provide lasting protection for these lands. On August 27 The USDA began the process to repeal the Roadless Rule.
The public has just THREE WEEKS, until September 19, to comment on this first step in the Forest Service’s process to rescind the Roadless Rule.
Please CLICK TO COMMENT HERE.
Purpose of the 2001 Roadless Rule:
To protect the least-developed portions of national forests.
Scope:
Protects approximately 58.5 million acres of National Forest land across the country, mainly in the western states.
Goals:
To conserve important habitat for fish and wildlife, protect water supplies, and preserve opportunities for recreation.
Subsequent Developments:
The rule has faced legal challenges and changes in administration, with efforts to repeal and modify it over the years. Despite these challenges, the core intent of the 2001 rule was to provide consistent, lasting protection for these wild areas. To see the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy and the decades-long legal fight to defend it -
CLICK HERE TO SEE the complete timeline of challenges.
Now, with the new USDA leadership, they wish to completely eliminate this Rule and its protection of public lands.
The public has just THREE WEEKS, until September 19, to comment on this first step in the Forest Service’s process to rescind the Roadless Rule.
Please CLICK TO COMMENT HERE.
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