Tenth Circuit reinstates Roadless Rule in national forests

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [official website] unanimously ruled [opinion text] to restore the Roadless Rule [text], ending a 2008 national injunction [JURIST report]. The Roadless Rule blocks road-building and commercial timber harvesting on expanses of roadless areas around the country, primarily the National Forests. The National Forest Services (NFS) and the US Department of Agriculture [official websites] argued that promulgation of the Roadless Rule did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and…