The Rulemaking Process for an Alaska-Specific Roadless Rule: What’s the Point?
![Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska (Photo: Brian Logan, USGS) The Rulemaking Process for an Alaska-Specific Roadless Rule: What’s the Point?](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tongass-e1563295363700.jpg)
The states of Alaska and Utah are currently seeking exemptions from the 2001 Federal Roadless Rule, and it is expected that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service will release a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska rulemaking by the end of this month. This Alaska rulemaking, assuming a “No Action […]