Roadless Rule Rescinded

[Beignet]

Generally, you have to know you can do something before you assign money to it.

Man, sometimes I really appreciate how stubbornly you cling to an idea. "Lookit, they're only doing this for fire mitigation and everything will be a-ok." or "The SEC is still the most dominant conference in college football." I jest, but you kind of ruined your credibility with all the SEC commentary in the past.

 

[jimh406]

Man, sometimes I really appreciate how stubbornly you cling to an idea.

You make assumptions and then apply your traits to me. .

I'm not the one who's convinced they know what rescinding the roadless rule will do. I'm just pointing out what the proponents think it is going to do.

As far as the SEC goes, it's an unknown too. Some are sure it's the end of the SEC. That's possible but considering how much more the SEC focuses on Football, and how much they have in donations, I think we have to see how this plays out. NIL has the conferences in a transition.

 

[elkduds]

Here’s a link everyone to submit a comment:

Maintain National Forest Roadless Areas

Since 2001, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has safeguarded some of our nation's most wild and intact national forest lands . The implementation of the Roadless Rule followed 600 local meetings as well as 1.6 million public comments, with 95% in support. Today 58 million acres of backcountry...

takeaction.io

Thanks for the link, comment made in vehement opposition.

 

[Ben Lamb]

For those looking for specific studies, etc to cite in your comments, BHA pulled together a solid literature review on the impacts of road on elk:

Literature Review: The Impact of Roads on Elk

The following is a partial review of leading studies which demonstrate the impact that roads and motorized use have on elk. James W. Unsworth, Lonn Kuck, Edward O. Garton and Bart R. Butterfield. 1998. Elk Habitat Selection on the Clearwater National Forest, Idaho.The Journal of Wildlife...

www.backcountryhunters.org

 

[jpc01101]

I don’t know enough about this to know if I should be outraged or hopeful that some of the 12’ tall matrix blowdown hell that I often find myself in while out west might be cleared out/used for something beneficial thus opening the forest back to up animals who have largely abandoned large chunks of it.