# Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation
> **Forest Service** · Final rule and record of decision. · Published 2001-01-12 · Effective 2001-03-13 · 66 FR 3244
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-726
- **Category:** forest-service
- **Sub-agency:** Forest Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 3244
- **CFR reference:** 36 CFR 294
- **Publication date:** 2001-01-12
- **Effective date:** 2001-03-13
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture is adopting this final rule to establish prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting in inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands. The intent of this final rule is to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System in the context of multiple-use management.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/01/12/01-726/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation)
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