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Civics For Skiers: The Balance Between Recreation and Resource Extraction on Public Lands

*This article is the third article in Civics for Skiers, a series which examines how the ski industry interacts with various parts of our government and how skiers may make their voices heard. Civics For Skiers: How Local Governments Help Skiers Talk To Developers Civics For Skiers: State Laws Establish Responsibility For Skiers and Ski Areas A lot of the […]
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Top Snowboard Athletes Urge Action as Roadless Rule Faces Repeal, Threatening the United States’ Prime Backcountry Ski Terrain

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a landmark 2001 policy that protects roughly 45 million acres of national forest across 37 states. Conservation groups and athletes warn the rollback would open prized backcountry terrain to logging, road construction, and development—and the public has until Friday, September 19, to weigh in. Related: USDA […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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USDA Moves to Roll Back Roadless Rule, Putting 45 Million Acres of National Forest at Risk

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a landmark policy that has protected roughly 45 million acres of national forest across 37 states for nearly a quarter century. The Trump administration announced it will publish a Notice of Intent to roll back the rule on Friday, August 29, initiating a process that […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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3 Unprecedented Government Attacks Put New Mexico’s Public Lands in Jeopardy

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In the high desert of northwestern New Mexico, Chaco Canyon stands as one of the most significant cultural landscapes in North America. Between A.D. 900 and 1150, the Ancestral Puebloans constructed monumental sandstone complexes there, some aligned with solar and lunar cycles in what archaeologists describe as advanced archaeoastronomy. At its height, Chaco served as a ceremonial, cultural, and economic […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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Public Urged to Help Protect 58 Million Acres of National Forest as Trump Administration Moves to Repeal Roadless Rule

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More than 50 million acres of protected U.S. forestlands could face new threats as the Trump administration moves to eliminate longstanding environmental safeguards. On June 23, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the administration intends to rescind the Forest Service Roadless Rule, a federal policy that has safeguarded vast swaths of national forestland from new road construction, logging, […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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Trump Administration Rescinds Roadless Rule, Raising Questions for Backcountry Skiing and Forest Access

The Trump administration has rescinded the 2001 Roadless Rule, a move that could reshape how 58.5 million acres of national forestland are accessed, managed and developed—with direct implications for the ski industry and backcountry users. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it will lift the two-decade-old protections, describing the rule as overly restrictive and outdated. The Roadless Rule […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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