Conservationists Want Congress to Do More to Protect New England’s Roadless Areas

Betts: Save the Roadless Rule to protect our forests

Forty five million acres — about the size of Oklahoma — is at stake, unless we can save the Roadless Rule from destruction. The Roadless Rule is a federal regulation enacted by the Clinton administration to protect what’s left of America’s uninterrupted forest ecosystems. It places 45 million acres under the care and protection of...

Conservationists want Congress to do more to protect New England's roadless areas

As the period for public comment on the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule draws to a close, some conservationists want Congress to do more.  The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which dates to 2001, prohibits road construction and timber harvesting in remote areas of national forests across the country. A proposal from the U.S. Department […]

Conservationists want Congress to do more to protect New England’s roadless areas

As the period for public comment on the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule draws to a close, some conservationists want Congress to do more. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which dates to 2001, prohibits road construction and timber harvesting…