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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







1998 FWOC Resolution No. 12:

Permanent Moratorium on Roads in Roadless Areas


In the spring of 1998, Mike Dombeck, Chief of the Forest Service, imposed a temporary moratorium on building new roads in roadless areas, except in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.  This moratorium is useful in eliminating unnecessary and undesirable roadbuilding but does not go far enough.  There are already 380,000 miles of roads in our national forests, more then eight times the length of our interstate highway system.  Roadbuilding pollutes our streams by causing soil erosion and damages wildlife and fish habitat.
Because of the damage to the environment caused by roadbuilding, and because our roadless areas are a precious resource for wildlife, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs supports a permanent moratorium on roadbuilding in all roadless areas, including the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

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ACTION: The FWOC urges its member groups and members to call or write the Chief of the Forest Service to express strong support for a permanent moratorium on roadbuilding in roadless areas.

















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