Judge rules roadless ban violates federal laws A federal judge in Wyoming has overturned a Clinton-era ban on road construction in nearly 60 million acres of national forest, extending a long-running dispute over U.S. Forest Service rules for large sections of undeveloped land. U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer’s ruling Tuesday is the latest turn in a legal battle over the Clinton administration rule that limited logging and other development in roadless areas that make up nearly a third of national forest land. Brimmer issued a permanent injunction against the so-called “roadless rule,” saying the ban was enacted in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Wilderness Act. “The Forest Service, in an attempt to bolster an outgoing President’s environmental legacy, rammed through an environmental agenda that itself violates the country’s well-established environmental laws,” Brimmer wrote....For additional info see Wyoming Judge Again Blocks Roadless Area Conservation Rule.