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Derek Farr wrote an interesting article in the June 15th Sublette Examiner about a new interim directive that was sent out by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in late May that puts all decision-making authority over the construction and reconstruction of roads and the cutting, sale, or removal of timber in inventoried roadless areas on certain lands administered by the Forest Service at the sole discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. The directive is in full force and effect for one year.

Click on this link to read the article in the Sublette Examiner: Development halts while ‘roadless rules’ are drawn up By Derek Farr

Click here for a PDF of Secretary’s Memorandum 1042-154: Authority to Approve Road Construction and Timber Harvesting in Certain Lands Administered by the Forest Service (May 28, 2009)

Click here for a map showing inventoried "roadless areas" on the Bridger-Teton National Forest (4.49 MB PDF, USFS)