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Protecting New Hampshire’s Wild Places PDF

Covering almost 800,000 acres in New Hampshire and Maine, the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) contains some of the most untamed country remaining in the Northeast – yet the Forest Service is approving more destructive logging projects on this single protected “roadless” forests than it has for the rest of the entire country combined.

Restoration of Low Elevation Dry Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: A Holistic Approach PDF

Dry forests of the northern Rocky Mountains can be described as stands of pure ponderosa pine, or pine intermixed with Douglas-fir and western larch that cover the lower slopes of these mountains and provide important habitat for a number of wildlife species. Since the beginning of the 19th century, these forests were greatly affected by logging, grazing, road-building, and fire suppression. Such activities changed the structure of the forests reducing their ecological integrity.

Economic Values of Protecting Roadless Areas in the United States PDF

In October 1999, President Clinton directed the U.S. Forest Service to assess future management options for approximately 54 million acres of roadless lands on national forests in this country. This assessment is part of an overall evaluation of the environmental consequences stemming from the current 380,000-plus miles of roads on the national forests, particularly in relation to the budgets for maintaining those roads.