The Public Record · Docket FS-2025-0001

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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 5, 2026FS-2025-0001-568077
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Stay out of our public lands!!! Sincerely, Bob Cunningham 53 Pickford Dr. Rochester, NY 14618
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-537913
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To Whom It May Concern, I reside as a retiree within the Adirondacks Park. A privilege I do not take lightly. Neither do I take for granted the significance of the Adirondacks. Therefore, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, Susan Flores
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-538102
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To Whom It May Concern, The peoples land belongs to the people. Roadless means roadless. No one administration has the right to come in and harm public lands that have been set aside for the purpose of remaining wild. I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-538243
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To Whom It May Concern, Keeping the wild in critical for future wildlife and the human enjoyment of it. This should NOT be changed for the benefit of industry and a few that will large profits. I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, Jim Flaherty
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-538658
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Once these ecosystems have been damaged they cannot be restored. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-539091
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. Please maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-539281
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). We should not be planning to take resources from every square mile of land. We have to preserve wild and roadless places for future generations to experience. The US should be focusing attention on ways to protect and preserve the environment - not exhaust it. For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, Sandra Hildreth
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Oct 4, 2026FS-2025-0001-540668
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To Whom It May Concern, Roadless forests are diminishing across the world, the usa need to protect our undisturbed forests. I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-448958
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Added: They paved paradise & put up a parking lot... so much truth in that song. I spent time at Garlock and learned about expansion joints. Especially e.g.. Oil pipes. Its not if there will be a spill it's when. Data Centers, not only is the water an issue, like Love Canal issues, but the dirty water that impacts the water for the pristine waters (all read spills have occurred in the North East. . Add to that the humming sounds which impact bees, birds, Bees are dying by Data Center... Finally as most educated people know the impact to air, as for wood, why not start with the golf-clubs vs. ecology and understand the role trees play. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, Paula Haefner
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-449385
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. ONCE ITS GONE, ITS GONE! Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-455496
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. I am begging you not to destroy our natural areas by rescinding the Roadless Rule. This is a careless destructive act and you know the public does not want this. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-455778
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To Whom It May Concern, I strongly oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. Please maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-455871
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). I grew up with beautiful summers in the Adirondacks, and the possibility that the Roadless Rule will be thrown out, leading to the pollution and destruction not just of the covered area, but all the lands around it and across the country angers and sickens me. For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, Lynne Roblin
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-456435
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). This amounts to nothing more than rape of our protected lands. For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. These animal corridors have been scientifically proven to be essential for healthy wildlife. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-456583
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). Opening national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, M. G. Rawdon
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-456879
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To Whom It May Concern, My own government is acting like theyre planning on their not even being a future. All of our natural resources are being plundered for short-term gain. With nothing left for tomorrow. I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,Gary L Wersinger
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-457773
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). The vast, undisturbed wilderness of the Adirondack Park is one of the scant few reasons worth staying in New York. If the purity of this park is ruined, so will be the sanctity of this region. For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-459480
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Its our wild spaces that make this country so special and one of things that makes me feel patriotic. To live it a place with undeveloped wilderness and impressive wildlife is one of things Im most proud ofbecause our country has take. Action to protect it! When foreigners visit, its something they comment on; how uniquely wild this country is in so many places. That is something that cannot and should not be destroyed. It needs to be preserved and cherished by us, right now, for our future generations to enjoy, for wildlife to thrive and for the preservation of this incredible planet. As someone who spends most her free time in the Adirondack, Green and White Mountains, I urge you to uphold the roadless rule. I and so many others depend on these wild spaces for joy, mental clarity, exercise, a sense of connectivity to the environment, an sense of adventure, a feeling of reverence, and so much more. I go to the wilderness to feel more like a human after being bogged down by our material, man made world - and I leave feeling refreshed and in awe of how lucky we are to be a part of this wild world. From wildlife sightings to pristine clean rivers and lakes, to the stillness on a winter day in the woodsthe reasons are endless as to why what is currently protected should STAY protected. Please, I urge you to uphold the roadless rule. Sincerely, Eliza Hunter
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-461343
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would be disastrous. It would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. Protecting our national forests from development is critical for the survival of America's wildlife. Commercial development destroys critical nesting grounds of migrating birds and animals, as well as the habitat of permanent forest wildlife. Although this proposal does not directly affect the Adirondack Park, the Park is one of the largest intact temperate forest landscapes in the United States, a six-million-acre mosaic of public and private lands that supports rare wildlife, globally significant wetlands, and extensive backcountry recreation. Its ecological integrity is connected to the health of nearby national forests such as the Green Mountain, Finger Lakes, White Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests. These forests contribute to a broader regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. The national forests belong to us, the people. They do not belong to corporations that degrade nature for financial gain. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely,
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 18, 2026FS-2025-0001-447092
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To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket No. FS-2025-0001-223869). For 25 years, this policy has protected some of the most ecologically important and undeveloped areas of our national forests from road building and industrial development. These roadless areas safeguard clean water, trout fisheries, wildlife habitat, and quiet recreation across the country. Opening nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to new road construction, commercial logging, and mineral extraction would fragment habitat, accelerate biodiversity loss, and impose high costs on American taxpayers through added road construction and maintenance. The U.S. National Forest System already contains nearly 400,000 miles of roads, most of them fragmenting sensitive wildlife habitat and all of them expensive to maintain. Our nation should be closing and revegetating unneeded backcountry roads, not adding more. These forests contribute to a broad regional network of wildlife habitat and climate-resilient landscapes that support migratory species and ecological processes extending into the Adirondacks. Weakening protections in these forests would undermine that regional connectivity. Commercial logging, mining, and livestock grazing belong on private lands, not on public lands where they reduce biological diversity, degrade quiet recreation opportunities, and cost taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Public lands should be managed for long-term ecological health, clean water, wildlife, and sustainable recreation, not expanded industrial use. The 2001 Roadless Rule remains one of the most effective tools for protecting intact forest landscapes. Weakening it would undermine decades of conservation progress and jeopardize the ecological integrity of national forests across the country. I urge you to maintain the 2001 Roadless Rule and reject this proposal. Thank you for considering these comments. Sincerely, Michael DeMott, 189 Seville Drive, Rochester, New York 14617
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How it works. A large language model (an open-weight Qwen3.8 model) reads each substantive comment and copies, word for word, the passages that carry its analytical gap, evidence, request, alternative and connection to the place; it returns no scores. Code grades those passages 0–3 on eight dimensions — evidence, legal grounding, engagement with the environmental analysis, analytical gaps, alternatives, specific requests, position, and local knowledge — with legal grounding taken from a citation scan, not the model. For the strongest tenth on each side, the copied passages are checked against the comment and shown as exhibits. A comment counts as “substantive” when it clears a floor filter — it must show at least one substantive signal (a named entity, a specific citation, a stated analytical deficiency, or first-person testimony), which screens out one-line and purely conclusory submissions before any model scoring.

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