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U.S. turning 2 forests in Utah into 1

What a mess! The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache NF contains well over a million acres of so-called roadless areas in addition to already designated wilderness areas, leaving little National Forest System lands available for active forest management. In July 2003 Federal Judge Clarence Brimmer ruled that Clinton's 2001 Roadless Rule violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Wilderness Act and threw in out. Brimmer's decision was ignored by George W. Bush and his appointees. In May 2004, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal wrote: If the federal government would have promulgated the regulations within the confines of U.S. law, and if the regualtions did not conflict with other statutory provisions, I am certain Judge Brimmer would have upheld the regulations. I also disagree with the assertion - - - that Judge Brimmer ruled in favor of the timber industry. Judge Brimmer, in my mind, ruled in favor of the people of the United States. Judge Brimmer ruled in favor of multiple use of national forests. Judge Brimmer ruled in favor of open public meetings where citizens where citizens have a right to express their important views on federal land use policy. Where is Regional Forester Harv Forsgren?