The Public Record · Docket FS-2025-0001

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1 unique comments38 submissions
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  • Opposes rescission 100.0%
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  • A2 moderate 0
  • A3 weak 0
  • A0 none 1
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Median 4middle half 4–4 · 1 scored
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  1. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 16, 2026FS-2025-0001-418907
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  2. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-377753
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  3. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-385487
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  4. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-387245
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  5. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-400390
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  6. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 13, 2026FS-2025-0001-371960
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  7. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-345034
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  8. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-348243
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  9. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-351836
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  10. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-353225
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  11. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-355240
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  12. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-357073
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  13. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-359714
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  14. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-361810
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  15. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-363694
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  16. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-368599
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  17. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-369916
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  18. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-371651
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  19. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-338744
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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  20. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-340203
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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 38 submissions in its group.

    I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. We need to focus and care more about the wildlife. If is sad to see how many people don it have empathy for wildlife. We have already destroyed wildlife enough. Sincerely, Paige Pursley 702 Flinn Ave Ravenswood, WV 26164-1332 paigepursley88@gmail.com
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