Montana Wilderness Study areas finally protected from vehicles until Congress acts-
The Montana Wilderness Study Act passed in 1977. It required that the Forest Service protect the “wilderness quality” of a number of roadless areas in Western Montana until Congress decided to make a final decision as to whether the areas should be designed as […]
Continue Reading →Worse, die-offs are not limited to North America-
Next summer will probably be a pretty bad forest fire season in the Pacific Northwest due to a dry winter, and so many of the forests are dead. This is not a local problem, however, as Jim Robbins discusses in the feature article below.
New York Times editorial complains-
No ‘No More Wilderness’. New York Times editorial
Speaking of Utah specifically. Despite a huge base of roadless country, Utah has made a small contribution to the National Wilderness Preservation System compared to other Western States, especially given the high percentage of state being U.S. public lands. Utah could […]
Continue Reading →Protecting the remaining roadless areas on the national forests is not nearly as controversial as designating Wilderness areas, but these areas have no real protection under the Bush Administration, or before until the executive order by President Clinton.
The New York Times says “There Ought to be a Law” to protect them.
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