Ninth Circuit prohibits construction, timber removal in National Forest System
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court ruling reinstating the Roadless Rule , which prohibited the building of roads or the use of roadless lands in National...
People of the State of California Ex Rel. Bill Lockyer v. US Department of Agriculture, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 5, 2009 [affirming the reinstatement of the Roadless Rule, which prohibited the building of roads or...
The US House of Representatives voted 285-140 Wednesday to approve the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 , a collection of more than 160 bills aimed at preserving federal land as...
Ruling on management of roadless wilderness areas will cause more destructive forest fires
Mike Dubrasich : "With her most recent decision, Magistrate Laporte is playing a game of judicial chicken, perverting NEPA, and causing catastrophic harm to the environment. Background: the Clinton (Dombeck) Roadless Rule...
Federal judge limits 2006 ruling banning road construction in national forests
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that her 2006 decision invalidating a 2005 Bush administration rule that would allow road construction and mining in national forests applies only to 10 western states....
Federal court enjoins enforcement of wilderness protection rule
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming on Tuesday granted the state an injunction prohibiting the National Forest Service (NFS) from enforcing a 2001 rule prohibiting the...
Federal judge reinstates ban against road construction in national forests
A federal judge Wednesday reinstated a 2001 ban on road construction in almost a third of US forests, ruling that the Bush administration did not conduct appropriate environmental research before suspending the rule and giving states the...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that the negotiated deal over the counting of disputed ballots which has made Rene Preval the president-elect of Haiti has correctly put...
State AGs challenge Bush administration over forest road construction plan
Attorneys general from California, New Mexico and Oregon have challenged a decision by the US Forest Service to allow road building and other development on more than 58.5 million acres of national forest previously protected. California Attorney...
New rule allows road construction on 1/3 of national forest land
A new rule announced Thursday by the US Department of Agriculture has opened one third of roadless national forest land - some 58.5 million acres - for road construction, logging, and other commercial purposes in Alaska and...
