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Latest Library Content from the Roadless Forests issue

Forest Service Planning Rule PDF

Following is a quick analysis of the Forest Service’s final planning rule, which was released on March 23.  The planning rule establishes a new regulatory framework for updating the Forest Service’s land and resource management plans required for each national forest by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA).   This analysis focuses on changes between the final rule and the draft rule that was published on February 14, 2011, along with a few changes that were made to clarify the final rule during the two months following release of the final EIS.

Letter to Support the Baucus Amendment to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools & PILT PDF

The attached letter is in support of the Baucus amendment to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools and PILT

Sealaska Factsheet PDF

Factsheet on Sealaska Lands Bill. this legislation woudl make thousands of acres of the most important ladns in the Tongass National Forest available for development by Sealaska Corp., a for-profit entity.

Analysis of Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012 PDF

Following is a quick analysis of H.R. 4019, the “Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012,” which was introduced by Rep. Hastings on February 14 and approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on February 16.  Overall, the bill would dramatically change national forest management by imposing mandatory timber sale volume and revenue requirements and exempting logging and other revenue-generating activities from environmental laws. 

Roadless area conservation rule- Order vacating permanent injunction PDF

March 1, 2012 Order Vacating Permanent Injunction- Roadless Area Conservation Rule

Legal Status of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule PDF

Roadless Area Conservation Policy Chronology PDF

This chronology covers the history of roadless areas. View the legal status of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Northeast Swift Timber Project Comment Letter PDF

The Table Mountain Roadless Area inside New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest would be logged — and in some locations clear-cut — under the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed “Northeast Swift” timber project. The land is visible to the north from the famous Kancamagus Scenic Highway. This is the eighth timber project proposed in the forest’s roadless areas since 2005, and we have submitted comments outlining our strong opposition.

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