The Roadless Less Traveled
Roadless rule limited to 10 Western states, judge rules
Posted at 5:17 AM on 03 Dec 2008
A federal judge on Tuesday limited the scope of President Clinton's popular "roadless rule" to federal lands in 10 Western states instead of the whole country, leaving some 13.6 million acres of roadless forests largely unprotected from road-building and other development. Tuesday's ruling is a compromise between throwing the rule out and keeping protections in place for most roadless forests in the U.S. Two federal appeals courts are expected to rule on the matter next year.source: Associated Press
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