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The first review of Forest Service roadless lands was started in 1967 after the creation of the Wilderness Act by Congress in 1964. This effort was called the “Roadless Area Review and Evaluation” or “RARE I”, and culminated in 1972 with a finding that 12,300,000 acres (50,000 km 2) that were suitable to be designated as wilderness.
Roadless area conservation is a conservation policy limiting road construction and the resulting environmental impact on designated areas of public land. In the United States, roadless area conservation has centered on U.S. Forest Service areas known as inventoried roadless areas. The most significant effort to support the conservation of these ...
United States federal law defines the term Forest Highway as "a forest road under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, a public authority and open to public travel." [2] Forest highways are designated by the United States Forest Service and funded by the federal government, but are generally owned and maintained by the states or counties in which they are located.
Bear Camp Road is a combination of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Road 34-8-36 (some parts also known as Galice Access Road, Galice Creek Road, Pea Vine Road, and N. Fork Galice Creek Road) starting just south of Galice and United States Forest Service (FS) Road 23, which continues from the 12-mile (19 km) point on 34-8-36 to Agness. The road ...
The Forest Highway System was created by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921. [10] An earthen road was present along the route of H-13 by the middle of 1936. [11] Later that year, the segment along the Alger–Schoolcraft county line was built as a gravel road, and Miners Castle Road was upgraded to gravel as well.
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule was a federal regulation that was adopted by the U.S. Forest Service shortly before President William Clinton left office on Jan. 12, 2001. It allowed reasonable exceptions for management activities like fire suppression and other public health safety measures, and permitted projects, such as grazing and ...
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The Mountain Loop Highway is a scenic byway in the U.S. state of Washington.It traverses the western section of the Cascade Range within Snohomish County.The name suggests it forms a full loop, but it only is a small portion of a loop, which is completed using State Routes 92, 9, and 530.