Court Reinstates National Roadless Rule
Release Date: August 5, 2009
Denver
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Carrie Curtiss
CEC
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Sloan Shoemaker
Wilderness Workshop
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in favor of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule protecting more than 58 million acres of National Forest roadless areas. The Appeals Court affirmed an earlier decision which had thrown out a Bush Administration policy allowing individual states the option of implementing their own rules. The Decision (attached) reinstates the 2001 Rule nationwide, with the exception of Idaho and the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
The undersigned make the following statement about the Court's Decision and its implications for Colorado:
"We are thankful that the protections provided by the 2001 Roadless Rule have been restored to Colorado's roadless National Forests. The 2001 Rule provides strong, balanced, and consistent protections for these American treasures. A state-specific Rule for the management of Colorado's National Forest roadless areas is unnecessary and inappropriate."
