Roadless Campaign Updates

A promising trend - science and policy are reunited

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:51 +0000

This year is shaping up to be a banner year for environmental policy. The Obama administration is making decisions based on sound science and reason, peeling away actions and policies created in the past administration that significantly weakened environmental protections. The administration is establishing a new hope for our forests and wildlife.

What will happen to Colorado forests?

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:37:06 +0000

Some of Colorado’s most pristine places are at risk. While the federal 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects nearly 60 million acres of pristine forests throughout the nation, the state of Colorado continues to move forward with a proposal that would exempt the state from the national rule, replacing it with a weaker version that could damage some of the most beautiful countryside in Colorado.

Welcoming a new era for the Forest Service

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:21:10 +0000

When Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack stepped to the podium at a park in Seattle last week, he didn’t just make a speech about the Obama administration’s vision for managing national forests in the 21st century: He ushered in a whole new era for the Forest Service – one that makes restoring the health of our forests the top priority for the agency.

Roadless forests win! Court reinstates most of national rule opposed by Bush, timber lobby

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:43:59 +0000

Success in life is often the result of stringing together a few good days getting momentum on your side. Thanks to a court decision released today, America’s roadless forests are on a roll.