DENVER—Colorado officials are waiting for the federal government to decide whether the state can have its own roadless rule.
According to the Denver Post ( ), the Obama administration will decide next month between the state rule and a national rule.
Under the proposed state rule, Colorado would restrict road-building and tree-cutting on more than 4 million acres of about 14 million acres of national forest in Colorado. The national rule would place an outright ban on roads on more than 4 million acres of national forest in Colorado.
Colorado’s plan would allow some roads for the expansion of coal mining and ski resorts. It also would allow for removal of beetle-killed trees near communities.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
