Keeping Vermont's roadless roadless areas pristine.

• Position: Vermont - Brief article

In response to opposition from CLF's Vermont Advocacy Center and local concerned residents, the United States Forest Service has abandoned plans to cut more than three miles of snowmobile trails in a roadless area of the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF). The proposed "Natural Turnpike" project would have allowed snowmobile traffic to traverse a previously non-motorized area, potentially causing increased forest fragmentation, loss of species habitat, increased air pollution, soil erosion, stream sedimentation, and invasion of exotic species.

While hailing this victory for Vermont's forests and wildlife, CLF recognizes that the...