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Roadless Area Conservation Policy Chronology PDF

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

The Roadless Rule: A Tenth Anniversary Assessment PDF

A decade after it was first adopted by the U.S. Forest Service, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has proven to be remarkably successful in protecting the 58.5 million acres of national forest roadless areas from road building and logging. Only about 75 miles of road building has occurred in the roadless areas – far less than the Forest Service had predicted a decade ago -- and just a miniscule fraction of the unroaded forests has been logged, mostly in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

A Decade of National Forest Roadless Area Conservation: Background Paper PDF

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.

Influences of Motorized Route Networks on Fisher (Martes pennanti) Habitat Quality in Sierra National Forest PDF

Roads and motorized trails can fragment landscapes and reduce the quality of adjacent habitat for a wide range of wildlife species. This report demonstrates an approach for assessing the influences of the extent and configuration of motorized route networks on habitat quality for fishers (Martes pennanti) in Sierra National Forest, in the central Sierra Nevada range of California.

Deja Vu on the Tongass: How Overestimating Timber Demand Prevents Responsible Stewardship PDF

America’s largest national forest, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, is indispensable to salmon fishermen, native cultures, and local economies. The Tongass has a wealth of resources from scenic views to old growth forests to habitat for hundreds of species including wild salmon, brown bears, and whales. Unfortunately, not all resources are given equal weight by the agency charged with managing the Tongass.