Library: RS 2477

Fact Sheets

• The Facts About RS 2477
• RS 2477 and the 1866 Mining Act

Court Opinions

• Tenth Circuit Court opinion in SUWA/The Wilderness Society v. Kane County, August 31, 2009
  Appeals court rules that the county may not override federal rules meant to protect wildlife, streams, archaeological sites, wilderness and monuments by relying on unproven highway rights-of-way.
• U.S. District Court opinion in SUWA /The Wilderness Society v. Kane County, May 16, 2008
  Federal judge holds that the county violated U.S. Constitution by opening closed roads in the Grand
  Staircase-Escalante National Monument and other areas
• U.S. District Court opinion in SUWA v. BLM, Feb. 23, 2004
  Ruling upholds constructed highway standard
• U.S. District Court original opinion in SUWA v. BLM, June 25, 2001

• Congress’ General Accounting Office Report finding Utah’s MOU illegal, Feb. 6, 2004
• Congressional Research Service Report on RS 2477 and Disclaimer Rule, Nov. 7, 2003
• Utah-Interior Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) April 9, 2003
• Disclaimer Rule, Jan. 6, 2003

Comment Letters

• 1993 National Park Service memo re: RS 2477’s potential damage to parks

Press Coverage

• "Off-Road Rules." Mother Jones magazine, July 2007
• "Lost Highways." Mother Jones magazine, July 2007
• "Unhappy Trails." Harper’s magazine, February 2004
• "Right-of-Way Wrangles." Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2003
• "Gale Norton Rouses Congress." New York Times, June 21, 2003
• "Wilderness Imperiled." Arizona Daily Star, April 21, 2003
• "Assaulting Wilderness." Salt Lake Tribune, April 20, 2003
• "Searching for a Map to Navigate Roads Debate." Salt Lake Tribune, April 20, 2003
• "SUWA Sues to Open Door on Roads Talks." Salt Lake Tribune, April 13, 2002
• "Proposal Would Ease Way for Roads in Wilds." USA Today, March 6, 2002
• "Bogus Roads." Salt Lake Tribune, March 2, 2004
• "New Weapon Against Wilderness." Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb. 3, 2003
• "Limit Wilderness Roads." Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2002
• "More Than Lines on a Map." Washington Post, July 25, 2002
• "Open Road Talks." Salt Lake Tribune, June 6, 2002