Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2011 Bill
Facts about the Bill
- One positive aspect of it is that it conserves roadless areas that have been used for Native American rituals or spiritual retreats.
- Will impact less than 0.5% of the nations timber supply.
- The term "roadless area characteristics" means resources or features that are often present in or characterize inventoried areas including: high quality undisturbed soil,water, or air, sources of public drinking water, and a diversity of plant and animal communities and so on.
- This bill would prohibit roads being constructed in an inventoried roadless are of the National Forest System, however there are exceptions.
- This also states that timber may not be cut, sold, or removed in any inventoried roadless area in the National Forest System.
Questions
- How do they intend to enforce the removal of timber?
- Who would be in charge of enforcing these regulations?
- What are some disadvantages of this this regulation?
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