A Decade of National Forest Roadless Area Conservation: Background Paper
December 2, 2008
This paper examines the progress of the U.S. Forest Service's roadless area conservation policy on its 10-year anniversary, January 22, 2008. These national forest roadless areas provide exeptional recreation, wildlife and fish habitat, clean water, and other important ecoysytem services to all Americans on over 58.5 million acres. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule has faced extensive, ongoing challenges since its creation.
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RoadlessBackground .pdf
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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