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.

1 unique comments12 submissions

Position

Opposes rescission 100.0%

Answerability

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A2 moderate 0
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Substance /24

Median 5middle half 5–5 · 1 scored

Topics raised

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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 24, 2026FS-2025-0001-265017
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Here is my testimony (feel free to make it your own): " As a long-time hunter, outdoorsman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-225988
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a long-time nature hiker and paddler, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule will result in irreversible loss of precious conserved lands and would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction, resulting in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place. Thank you, Ann Oeasa
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-226122
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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 12 submissions in its group.
Here is my testimony (feel free to make it your own): " As a long-time hunter, outdoorsman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-226305
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a life long lover of the outdoors, former outdoor/nature educator, and parent to children who gather in natural spaces to enjoy their free-time with friends and classmates, I cannot emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE mistake and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place, for the future of conservation, American beauty, and communities of both plant/animal/and human life.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-227763
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a hunter, forager and nature-lover, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-227995
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a long-time outdoorsman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-228037
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a life-long outdoorsman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-228355
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a long-time hunter, outdoorswoman,maine master naturalist, and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-228591
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a long-time hiker, canoeist, outdoorswoman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place."
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-231481
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As a long-time outdoorsman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and with comprehensive understanding of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and to the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species, and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. This rule is vital to the survival of many species, quite possibly including our own. Science has documented that the lives of the earths species are interlinked and interdependent. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-241026
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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 12 submissions in its group.
As an outdoorsman I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal Land Management and conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animals that benefit greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 20, 2026FS-2025-0001-225754
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.This comment stands for all 12 submissions in its group.
As a long-time hunter, outdoorsman, and natural based educator, I can't emphasize enough the value of the Roadless Rule in the bigger picture of Federal And Management and. conservation in the United States. This rule was carefully crafted for a wide range of interests and understandings of the value of relatively undisturbed wildlife habitat. Rescinding this rule would be a HUGE step in the wrong direction and would result in major setbacks to community-based processes and the real lives of both common and uncommon habitats, ecological communities, species and individual animalsnthat benefir greatly from the Roadless Rule. I strongly urge you to leave this rule in place.
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