Roadless

  • Bill Takes Aim at Sporting Heritage
    Fly Fisherman Magazine
    By Ross Purnell, Editor
    July 21, 2011

    The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) yesterday joined Trout Unlimited and a host of other sporting and conservation organizations in opposing the so-called Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act, which would remove all protections...
  • Another twist in the roadless saga
    Summit County Citizens Voice
    By Bob Berwyn
    July 20, 2011

    In another twist to the seemingly endless saga of roadless land management, Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy has introduced legislation that would lift what he calls restrictive management practices on inventoried roadless areas and terminate...
  • Roadless Areas Are Essential to Fly Fishing
    Field & Stream Fly Talk
    By Kirk Deeter
    July 12, 2011

    It's an old axiom that the farther "off the beaten path" an angler goes, the better fishing that angler will find. Being willing to use your feet to put the crowds behind you is the real key to finding trout that eagerly eat dry flies.
  • Special Interest Groups Write Roadless Regs
    Delta County Independent
    By Hank Lohmeyer
    June 22, 2011

    One of four alternatives being offered on the proposed Colorado Roadless Rule was added at the prompting of two private special interest groups, and without prior public review. Alternative No. 4 to the rule would place 2.6 million acres of Colorado...