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Roadless Rules - The Struggle for the Last Wild Forests (Paperback)
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Roadless Rules - The Struggle for the Last Wild Forests (Paperback)
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This title offers an inside look at the most successful campaign in
forest conservation history. "Roadless Rules" is a fast-paced and
insightful look at one of the most important, wide-ranging, and
controversial efforts to protect public forests ever undertaken in
the United States. In January 2000, President Clinton submitted to
the Federal Register the Roadless Area Conservation Rule,
prohibiting road construction and timber harvesting in designated
roadless areas. Set to take effect sixty days after Clinton left
office, the rule was immediately challenged by nine lawsuits from
states, counties, off-road-vehicle users, and timber companies. The
Bush administration refused to defend the rule and eventually
sought to replace it with a rule that invited governors to suggest
management policies for forests in their states. That rule was
attacked by four states and twenty environmental groups and
declared illegal. "Roadless Rules" offers a fascinating overview of
the creation of the Clinton roadless rule and the Bush
administration's subsequent replacement rule, the controversy
generated, the response of the environmental community, and the
legal battles that continue to rage more than seven years later. It
explores the value of roadless areas and why the Clinton rule was
so important to environmentalists, describes the stakeholder groups
involved, and takes readers into courtrooms across the country to
hear critical arguments. Author Tom Turner considers the lessons
learned from the controversy, arguing that the episode represents
an excellent example of how the system can work when all elements
of the environmental movement work together - local groups and
individuals determined to save favourite places, national
organizations that represent local interests but also concern
themselves with national policies, members of the executive branch
who try to serve the public interest but need support from outside,
and national organizations that use the legal system to support
progress achieved through legislation or executive action.
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