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Commission backs environmental‐review process, supports rescinding 2001 ‘roadless rule’ to allow local forest management
Summary
The commission approved a letter supporting an Environmental Impact Statement and broadly favoring rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule so local and state managers have more latitude to manage forests, citing wildfire and forest health concerns and noting that about 30% of county forest lands are in inventoried roadless areas.
San Juan County commissioners voted Sept. 16 to send a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture supporting preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) and expressing broad support for rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, which restricts new road construction and large‑scale timber harvest in inventoried roadless areas.
Why it matters: roughly 30% of forested lands in San Juan County are in the federal inventory roadless…
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