Federal Roadless Rule on the Road Out

Federal Roadless Rule on the road out

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — On June 23, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule. The Roadless Rule was established in 2001, and prevents roads from being built on certain parcels of Federal land. On the USDA website, they claim the rule is outdated, and "goes against the mandate of the USDA Forest Service to sustain the health, diversity, a…

Trump administration announces plans to rescind Roadless Rule once again

The Tongass National Forest is the largest temperate rainforest in the country. With exceptions, the Clinton-era Roadless Rule restricted road building and industrial activity in around 55% of the national forest. Advocates for its repeal said it posed unnecessary hurdles to development projects, like logging, mining, and renewable energy. (Erin McKinstry/KCAW) The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to rescind the Roadless Rule yeste…

Breaking: USDA frees the Tongass by rescinding Roadless Rule

On Monday, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the USDA is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, which is the rule that shut down logging in Alaska. In a move cheered by rural communities, foresters, and fire prevention experts across the West, Rollins made the announcement during a meeting of the Western Governors’ […] The post Breaking: USDA frees the Tongass by rescinding Roadless Rule appeared first on Must Read Alaska.

USDA Rescinds 2001 Roadless Rule, Opening 59 Million Acres to Forest Management - Mahomet Daily

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule, a move the Department of Agriculture (USDA) says will remove longstanding restrictions on road construction and timber harvesting across nearly 59 million acres of the National Forest System.  The Roadless Rule, enacted in 2001, prohibited most road building and timber harvesting in designated roadless areas, which account for about 30% of all Nat…

USDA Revokes Roadless Rule Nationwide to Increase Logging Efforts

On Tuesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was rescinding the Roadless Rule, a policy that was put in place in 2001 and prohibits certain types of development and timber harvest, on 59 million acres of National Forest land across the country. While the federal agency argues that building roads in roadless areas is critical for wildfire mitigation and deregulation, research shows that where there are roads, there are wildfires. Th…

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Strong Support for Secretary Rollins’ Rescission of Roadless Rule, Eliminating Impediment to Responsible Forest Management - Oklahoma Farm Report

Following U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins’ announcement rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, elected leaders and industry stakeholders praised the move. Agriculture and Government Leaders Applaud USDA’s Rescission of the Roadless Rule Governor Spencer Cox (UT): “I sincerely thank Secretary Rollins for taking this commonsense step. Utahns love our forests—they’re essential to our water