Number: 1976-15
WHEREAS, logging operations have resulted in many unneeded accesses to some national forest, national resource lands, and national grasslands; and
WHEREAS, these accesses have had undesirable impacts upon wildlife habitat, hunting experiences, soil erosion, and stream sedimentation; and
WHEREAS, open primary roads at widely-dispersed points are sufficient to provide reasonable (access for) motorized vehicle access to land resources for outdoor recreation and other purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 19-21, 1976, in Louisville, Ky., hereby recommends that roads on national forests, resource lands, and grasslands be closed to all motorized vehicles when their use results in significant damage to land or water resources which conflict seriously with wildlife or fisheries management or interfere significantly with the maintenance of habitat.