Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska
forest-service · Forest Service · Rule · Published 2023-01-27 · Effective 2023-01-27 · 88 FR 5252
Document
Document number
2023-01483
Federal Register citation
88 FR 5252
CFR reference
36 CFR 294
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule and record of decision.
Category
forest-service
Sub-agency
Forest Service
Publication date
2023-01-27
Effective date
2023-01-27
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is repealing an October 2020 rule (the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule) that exempted the Tongass National Forest (the Tongass) from the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule). Repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule will reinstate the pre-existing management regime, which prohibited timber harvest and road construction/ reconstruction with limited exceptions within designated Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs).