Roadless Area Conservation Rule
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-24 — Travel Management; National Forest System Lands: cross-connection with forest-service-travel-management: A default-open access presumption on existing NFS routes could interact with roadless-area protections where routes traverse or border inventoried roadless areas. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-05-21 — To provide that the final rule titled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation” and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.: HR7695 introduced to nullify the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands. (novelty: 2)
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Contributing findings
To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.
21-may-2026
novelty 2
per-area 3
contradicts