Colorado Roadless Rule - 2008 and 2001 Proposed Rule Documents
Proposed Colorado Roadless Rule and Revised Draft Environment Impact Statement (RDEIS)Proposed Colorado Roadless Rule, Office of the Federal Register 04/15/2011 (PDF - 142 KB)Revised Draft Environment Impact Statement Summary (PDF, 968 KB)Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDF, 4.4 MB)Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Appendix A (PDF, 285 KB)Revised Draft Environmental…
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Colorado Roadless Rule - 2012 Final Rule Documents
Colorado Roadless Areas Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)Final Rule (PDF, 493 KB)Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF, 3.4 MB)Final Environmental Impact Statement Executive Summary (PDF, 547 KB)Final Environmental Impact Statement Appendices (PDF, 15.8 MB)Final Environmental Impact Statement Map PacketCivil Rights Impact Analysis (PDF, 2.8 MB)Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF, 1.1 MB…
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Roadless Area - Colorado Rule
(USDA Forest Service photo)
Colorado Roadless RuleThe final Colorado Roadless Rule reinstating the temporary road exception for coal mining activity within the North Fork Coal Mining Area is effective as of April 17, 2017. The rule took effect Feb. 17, 2017.BackgroundOn July 3, 2012, the…
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Roadless Area - Alaska Rule
The final rule repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska was published on January 27, 2023.Repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, which exempted the Tongass from roadless protections, returned the inventoried roadless areas of the forest to management under the 2001 Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest in…
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Roadless Areas
On June 23, 2025, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the intent to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule. That rule established prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction and timber harvests on nearly 59 million acres of national forests and grasslands.What is next?This action will require a notice of proposed rulemaking and final rule. This includes…
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Federal Lands Highway Programs
Hobnail Trail Bridge, Lolo National Forest, Montana. (USDA Forest Service photo by Matthew McCabe)
The Forest Service receives funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act through the Federal Highway Administration for the following Federal Lands Highway Programs:Federal Lands…