The Public Record · Docket FS-2025-0001

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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Oct 1, 2026FS-2025-0001-526411
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I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I am a Minnesota resident and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Superior National Forest are near and dear to my heart. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Oct 1, 2026FS-2025-0001-529326
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-459911
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 17, 2026FS-2025-0001-440893
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 15, 2026FS-2025-0001-403758
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 15, 2026FS-2025-0001-408389
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-345424
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-352897
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-355473
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-356898
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-357132
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
Full analysis of this comment →
Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-363606
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
Full analysis of this comment →
Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-339035
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
Full analysis of this comment →
Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-339038
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-339322
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-339717
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-339871
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
Full analysis of this comment →
Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-342256
PLACESTANDDOCGAPEVIDASKALTLAW
Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
Full analysis of this comment →
Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 8, 2026FS-2025-0001-335256
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 8, 2026FS-2025-0001-335851
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 103 submissions in its group.
Re: Proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001) I am writing to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For 25 years, this rule has protected 45 million acres of National Forest System land from new road construction and large-scale logging, while still allowing recreation and responsible forest management, including wildfire prevention. It was created through one of the most extensive public processes in federal rulemaking history, and the public has supported it overwhelmingly ever since. In Minnesota, 62,000 acres of the Superior National Forest are protected under this rule. These roadless areas border the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and safeguard the clean water, intact forests, and critical wildlife habitat — including habitat for the threatened Canada lynx — that define this landscape. Building roads into these areas would fragment habitat, threaten water quality in one of America’s most treasured wilderness watersheds, and add costly new road maintenance obligations to a Forest Service road system that is already underfunded. The Roadless Rule works. Rescinding it would undo a quarter century of protection that the American public asked for and continues to support. I urge the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule fully in place.
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