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 comments34 submissions

Position

Opposes rescission 100.0%

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A2 moderate 0
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-460590
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I recently hiked the approach trail to springer mountain to see my daughter finish her through hike on the Appalachian trail. These proposed chains threaten not only the trail but the wilderness area's that make the AT an incredible place. Thank you, Brendan Breault
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Sep 3, 2026FS-2025-0001-307451
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I enjoy this area very much and love hiking there with my family. Please do the right thing for the natural beauty of our state.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 7/24Aug 31, 2026FS-2025-0001-286958
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I want to be able to not worry that places like Amicalola or the Cohutta Wilderness or backcountry N GA might ever be under threat - these are treasures and places I'm trying to let my children experience and ultimately theirs too. Worrying that wild N GA wilderness will shrink because of these interests deeply offends me as a lifelong GA native, born in Atlanta and raised in N GA.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Aug 28, 2026FS-2025-0001-278985
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Georgia is my home and we deserve a chance to enjoy its natural splendor without destroying it. Georgia is already being developed left and right. Soon there will be nothing left. My grandparents own a homestead here that I hope to inherit one day to raise a family and show them the natural beauty of Georgia. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Aug 28, 2026FS-2025-0001-280743
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Please retain the Roadless Rule. I live in Roswell, Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. I also use the area to mountain bike on with friends and don't want to lose it. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 28, 2026FS-2025-0001-285339
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia's roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. We can always build more x, y, z but we can NEVER repair the environmental damage that this will cause. Please save our forests, and the life within them. This is beyond profit, this is a matter of protecting our home for future generations.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 27, 2026FS-2025-0001-274004
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Georgia is the Jewel of the South. Its beauty and wildness is our greatest asset as a state. Keep these mountains and forests protected for future generations.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 27, 2026FS-2025-0001-274419
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. I enjoy spending time in nature including our state parks and national forests. We camp and hike, so we enjoy these areas ourselves and they are impotent to our wildlife. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please continue to protect Georgia’s dwindling wild areas.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Aug 27, 2026FS-2025-0001-276827
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. My first memories of young independence were hiking the Benton MacKaye and Appalachian trails. Additionally, my parents have recently purchased a house in the area to enjoy the proximity to these natural resources. That is two very divergent political leanings, both deeply upset by this proposal.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 27, 2026FS-2025-0001-277768
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Please protect our forest and rivers. They are home to some beautiful animals and fish that have roamed this area for millennia. It’s our jobs to ensure their safety and protection.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-271247
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I love the Georgia outdoors. I’ve lived here my entire life and couldn’t imagine Georgia without wild places. Retain Georgia’s beauty!
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-271301
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia's roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I am tired of seeing so may trees get cut down just for more warehouses that nobody wants to buy or has money to buy.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-269200
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. My family, which includes a 10 and 8 year old kid, love venturing out into our protected forests to enjoy nature. Our kids then share what the saw and learned in school when they learn about Georgia ‘s geography. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-269499
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. It will always be easier to protect what you’ve already been protecting than to go back and try to put all these pieces back together.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-270163
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Georgia residents receive little to no lasting benefit from rescinding these protections. Any short-term economic gains come at the expense of forests and natural areas that, once disturbed, can never be returned to their original state.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 24, 2026FS-2025-0001-265043
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I personally enjoy these natural areas with my family and want to see them protected for their future families.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 24, 2026FS-2025-0001-265218
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I have enjoyed fishing, camping, and hiking off the beaten path and prefer to keep the forest a sacred and undisturbed habitat for all life to enjoy, especially the younger generations that actually give a damn about the outdoors.. Please don’t commit this atrocity against our beloved forests.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Aug 24, 2026FS-2025-0001-265253
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation, and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease, and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion, and long-term maintenance costs. I especially value Tallulah River Campground and enjoy fishing along the Tallulah River. I also appreciate that these campgrounds and recreation areas were created through the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), whose legacy continues to provide valuable outdoor opportunities for Georgians today. Please retain the Roadless Rule and continue protecting these important public lands for future generations.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 24, 2026FS-2025-0001-265256
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Georgias outstanding access to nature and its abundant tree coverage is a main reason I moved here and it is what keeps me here. The ability to live in a city and easily get to world class outdoors activities and nature is part of what makes Georgia so special. Please keep this rule, now more than ever our forests needs protecting
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 24, 2026FS-2025-0001-265338
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I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Georgia’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact forests, recreation and local economies. The rule already allows necessary work involving wildfire, disease and public safety. Removing these protections could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. My father recently passed away and some of my most happy memories are exploring the Georgia mountains with him. I would like to be able to do the same with my children.
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