Legal Opinion
Alaska v. United States Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 20, 2017No. Civil Case No. 11-1122 (RJL)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
September 20, 2017 [Dkt. ##94, 95, 96, 97]
RICHARD J. LEON, United States District Judge
In 2001, the United' States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) promulgated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule—commonly referred to as the “Roadless Rule”—which limits road construction and timber harvesting in national forests. It is this Rule—and its application to the Ton-gass National Forest (the “Tongass”)— that the State of Alaska (“Alaska” or “plaintiff’) challenges today. In essence, Alaska argues that the Roadless Rule was promulgated in an unrealistic time frame, without…
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