House Members Assail Road Transfer Proposal

Eighty-seven House members are warning Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton that her agency’s plan to transfer ownership of roads across the West to counties or states violates the law, and they are urging her to delay any transfers.

“We are very concerned that the new regulations could open the door to undermining protection for some national parks, national wildlife refuges, national monuments, national conservation areas and other sensitive parts of the federal lands,” the House members, led by Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), wrote. All but four were Democrats.