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2005 |
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May 13 |
The Bush Administration
repeals 2001 Roadless Rule and replaces it with a state petition
process |
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June 8 |
The Colorado Senate approves
Senate Bill 05-243, creating a bipartisan 13-member Task Force
to advise the governor on how inventoried roadless areas should
be managed |
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2006 |
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August 9 |
The Task Force releases draft
recommendations based on a series of public meetings and allows an
additional 16-day public comment period |
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September 13 |
The Task Force submits final
recommendations to Governor Owens |
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September 20 |
Judge LaPorte rules that the
Bush Administration illegally repealed the 2001 Roadless Rule,
sets aside the State Petitions Rule, and reinstates the Roadless
Rule |
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November 13 |
Governor Owens submits
petition based on Task Force recommendations to the federal
government |
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2007 |
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February 9 |
Governor Ritter asks Regional
Forester Rick Cables for interim protection of Colorado's
roadless areas while he reviews Owens's petition and during the
rulemaking process |
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April 11 |
Governor Ritter submits new
petition to federal government, stating he wants an "insurance
policy" for the possibility that the 2001 Rule is overturned
again |
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August 24 |
Mark Rey, Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, accepts Colorado's petition,
paving the way for state rulemaking |
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September 5 |
The Forest Service announces
it has begun work on the rulemaking process for management of
Colorado's roadless areas |
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December 26 |
The USFS publishes a Notice
of Intent in the Federal Register to create a state-specific
rule that will dictate roadless management in Colorado instead
of the 2001 Rule. |
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2008 |
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January 22 |
10-year anniversary of Forest Service
proposed moratorium on road construction in Inventoried Roadless
Areas. |
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February 25 |
Comment deadline for Colorado
roadless rule scoping. |
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Click
here for a chronology of roadless conservation policy
nation-wide. |
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