The Public Record · Docket FS-2025-0001

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Every public comment on the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule, sorted by what it talks about. Pick a topic, then narrow by position, by how hard the comment is for the agency to set aside, or by how substantive it is. Each comment is shown in full, as filed. How comments are classified and scored is explained in the Comment Analysis.

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Position

Opposes rescission 100.0%

Answerability

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A2 moderate 0
A3 weak 0
A0 none 1

Substance /24

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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-353232
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Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-353366
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Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-353612
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Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-353733
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-354055
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-354671
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-354748
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-355679
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-359776
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24Sep 12, 2026FS-2025-0001-368714
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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 10 submissions in its group.
Some of the last truly wild places in America are about to lose their protection and the wildlife that depend on them will pay the price. The Trump administration, through Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety. This rule protects 45 million acres of undeveloped national forest, nearly a third of everything the Forest Service manages, from road building, large-scale logging, and energy development. For nearly 25 years, this rule has kept some of the wildest, most connected landscapes in the country intact. That matters enormously for the wolves who need large, roadless landscapes to recover in the Northern Rockies, for the bears who need undisturbed corridors to roam wild lands and for every wild carnivore who needs wild space to live. Roads are how poachers reach remote populations, how bear baiters set up bait stations deep in the backcountry, how trophy hunters and predator-control operations access places that, right now, offer wildlife a real refuge.
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