NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through the USDA Forest Service's website.
JUNEAU, Alaska - The USDOA is seeking public comment in efforts to offer a range of alternatives to roadless management and a proposed Alaska Roadless Rule. A 60-day public comment period on the proposed rule, and on each alternative outlined in the draft environmental impact statement, will begin this week. The draft environmental impact statement, prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act, provides an analysis of six alternatives, which are options, choices, or courses of action related to roadless management in Alaska. The alternatives range from no action to the removal of the Tongass from the 2001 Roadless Rule. See the full list here. If adopted, the proposed rule would exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule. The Forest Service is scheduling a series of public meetings and subsistence hearings. Find a list of meeting locations at the Alaska Roadless Rule project website.