Ban on roadway construction in forest and grandlands reinstated

Late last week, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reinforced an earlier decision by the 9th Circuit Court, in reestablishing a Bill Clinton-era ban on roadway construction on almost 60 million acres of forest and grassland in 38 states, including over one million acres in New Mexico. “It’s not More…

Appeals court upholds Clinton roadless rule

The United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule passed by the Clinton administration for the management of more than 50 million acres of federal land across the United States designated as roadless areas.

White House Bans New Wilderness Roads for a Year

One of the Bush administration’s many efforts to hobble the nation’s environmental protections occurred in 2005, when President George W. Bush lifted a Clinton-era ban on new road-building on nearly 58 million acres of isolated forest and grassland.

Today, the Obama administration reinstated for one year the so-called More…