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| | [RCA-news] January 2001 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | On January 5, 2001, The New York Times called it the "biggest land conservation act in decades" in their article, "Road Ban Set for One-Third of U.S. Forests." In addition to the commercial logging ban, the plan effectively prohibits oil and gas development as well. |
 | | The reaction from Republicans and Western lawmakers in particular to the ban was hostile, according to a January 8, 2001 article from Reuters, "Republicans, Trade Groups Balk at Road Ban in Forests." Despite the ban's seemingly overwhelming approval from the American public, opponents to the ban vowed to go to court to overturn it. |
 | | The January 5, 2001 New York Times article stated that the Governor of Idaho, Dirk Kempthorne, was among the first to announce that the plan would be challenged in federal court. |
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