Background Information Late in the year 2000, the Clinton Administration directly issued several new rules to affect the National Forest System (NFS). The most controversial of these rules pertains to 'roadless areas' of the NFS. Commonly known as the Roadless Areas Initiative, it restricts road building and development in approximately 58.5 million acres of inventoried United States Forest Service (USFS) roadless areas, roughly one third of all NFS lands. Before the Roadless Rule was issued, the Forest …showed first 75 words of 1473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1473 total…Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation. Congressional Research Service Reports RL30647: The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative. National Library for the Environment. http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/forests/for-33.cfm. 27 November 2001. Forests In Limbo. Heritage Forests Campaign. http://www.ourforests.org/ 29 November 2001. National Forests Roadless Initiative. Boise Cascade Corporation http://www.bc.com:8009/~bcdocs/enviro/eproads.html 28 November 2001. Roadless Area Initiative. Southern Environmental Law Center. http://www.selcga.org/act_roadless_ini.shtml 29 November 2001.