The Public Record · Docket FS-2025-0001

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  • A2 moderate 0
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  1. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 16, 2026FS-2025-0001-420491
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  2. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-378519
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  3. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-387814
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  4. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-391128
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  5. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 14, 2026FS-2025-0001-401982
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  6. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 13, 2026FS-2025-0001-372552
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  7. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-345415
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  8. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-348652
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  9. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-352219
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  10. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-353470
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  11. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-355415
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  12. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-357237
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  13. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-358047
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  14. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-360015
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  15. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-362079
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  16. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-364008
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  17. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-368695
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  18. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-370099
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  19. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-338889
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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  20. Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 9, 2026FS-2025-0001-340337
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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 41 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 Otter Creek where my mother first took me backpacking. We camped and fished there for years. More roads and roads closer to the boundaries of these areas will increase all the bad behaviors in people that ruin pristine places. Please keep this Roadless Rule in place. Too much wilderness has already been lost to development in the lower 48 states. 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. Regards, Brown Truslow Sincerely, Brown Truslow 805 Luther Jones Rd Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442-4749 93Dodge@pm.me
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