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2001 |
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January 5 |
President Clinton announces
and USDA Secretary Glickman signs the final roadless policy. |
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January 12 |
Roadless Area Conservation
Rule published in Federal Register. |
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January 20 |
President Bush takes office.
White House directive postpones effective date of all federal
rules not yet in effect. |
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February 5 |
USDA Secretary Veneman
postpones effective date of Roadless Rule until May 12, citing
White House directive. |
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March 21 |
The Bush Administration
suggests the court enjoin the roadless rule after May 12 |
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May 10 |
Judge Edward Lodge issues
preliminary injunction blocking implementation of Roadless Rule;
environmental intervenors appeal to Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals |
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December 20 |
Forest Service issues interim
directive on roadless area management, removing protection for
contiguous unroaded areas. |
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2002 |
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May 10 |
26 Senators send a letter to
President Bush asking him to uphold the Roadless Rule. |
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December 12 |
Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals, in 2-1 decision, reverses Judge Lodge's decision. |
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2003 |
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June 12 |
Bush Administration announces
that it will propose changes to Roadless Rule to exempt Tongass
and Chugach National Forests and grant waivers upon request of
individual state governors. |
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July 14 |
Wyoming U.S. District Court
Judge Clarence Brimmer decides that Roadless Rule violated NEPA
and Wilderness Act and issues injunction. Intervenors appeal to
10th Circuit Court of Appeals. |
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December 23 |
Forest Service exempts
Tongass National Forest from Roadless Rule. |
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2004 |
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July 12 |
USDA Secretary Veneman
officially announces that Administration will propose replacing
the Roadless Rule with a voluntary Governor petition process. |
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November 15 |
Comment period on
Administration's proposed rule ends. More than 1.7 million
comments oppose the proposal and support retaining the Roadless
Rule. |
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2005 |
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May 13 |
Bush Administration issues
final regulation repealing the Roadless Rule and replacing it
with a state petition process. |
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December 14 |
Roadless Area Conservation
National Advisory Committee (RACNAC) holds its first meeting. |
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2006 |
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May 9 |
RACNAC reviews and endorses
petitions from Virginia, North Carolina, & South Carolina |
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June 21 |
Bush Administration accepts
the Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina petitions,
leading to state-specific rulemaking processes. |
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September 20 |
Judge LaPorte rules that the
Administration illegally repealed the Roadless Rule, sets aside
the State Petitions Rule, and reinstates the national Roadless
Rule except in Tongass National Forest. |
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October 4 |
Bush Administration
re-charters RACNAC to review state petitions submitted under
Administrative Procedures Act. |
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October 18-19 |
RACNAC meets and decides to
continue reviewing petitions. |
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November 29 |
Judge LaPorte issues
injunction barring road construction in connection with more
than 300 oil and gas leases sold since January 2001. |
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November 29 |
Idaho outgoing Governor Risch tells
RACNAC that his petition is intended to protect all but 500,000 acres of Idaho’s
IRAs consistent with the Roadless Rule. |
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2007 |
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February 6 |
Judge Laporte issues final injunction,
clarifying that the injunction extends to oil and gas drilling permits
(as well as leases) issued since May 2005. |
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April 9 |
Forest Service and timber industry
appeal Judge Laporte’s decision to the Ninth Circuit. |
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April 10 |
Federal Register notice initiates
30-day scoping comment period on Idaho petition for state-specific
rulemaking. |
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April 11 |
Colorado Governor Ritter
submits roadless petition including exemptions for ski areas,
grazing, and coal mining. |
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May 24 |
Bills to enact the Roadless
Rule are introduced in the House and Senate. |
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June 7 |
Judge Brimmer denies State of
Wyoming's request to reinstate his 2003 decision enjoining the
Roadless Rule. |
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July 5 |
Tenth Circuit Court of
Appeals denies State of Wyoming's request to reinstate
intervenors' appeal of Judge Brimmer's 2003 case. |
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October 19 |
Judge Brimmer holds oral
arguments on State of Wyoming's new lawsuit challenging the
2001 Roadless Rule. |
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December 20 |
Idaho roadless rule
draft EIS released. |
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December 26 |
Colorado roadless rule
scoping notice issued. |
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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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January 25 |
Tongass final forest plan released.
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February 25 |
Comment deadline for Colorado
roadless rule scoping.
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February 28 |
State of California sues the
Forest Service for failing to protect roadless areas in 4
southern California forest plans.
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April 7 |
Comment deadline for Idaho
roadless rule draft EIS.
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Downloaded from
The Wilderness Society |
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