The final rule is the culmination of a lengthy process to determine how Idaho’s roadless areas and other untouched lands will be managed, preserved or opened to logging and other uses.
Environmental groups have split on the plan released Thursday.
But national conservation groups such as The Wilderness Society say the Idaho rule undercuts a federal roadless policy issued by former President Bill Clinton in 2001.
The Bush administration repealed that rule in 2005, allowing states to petition the federal government with their own management plans for individual forests.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
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