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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481489
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For the health of our planet and every living thing on it, please do not repeal the Roadless Rule or make it weaker. It's time for politicians especially to realize their greed, ignorance and selfishness can never be justification for destroying the only home we have. It is crucial that the current administration realizes what a grave mistake it would be to allow the continued plundering of our finite natural resources. Leave the Roadless Rule fully in place! The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481490
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We are still a part of our ecosystems. Society has us so far removed from reality that we forget we are no different or better than the land we walk on and the animals we live alongside. It is our responsibility as higher beings of intelligence to preserve the natural world from which we came. This destruction is short-sighted and foolish. Any potential gain won't matter in 100 years. The devastation to the environment will. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481511
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Roads cause unavoidable stress, harm, and mortality to plans and animals. They cut off migration and movement pathways, cause noise pollution, and degrade landscapes. I dont want these lands and the world at large to become a squeezed dry wasteland with all things living and non-living maximally exploited to enrich a select greedy few till theres nothing left. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481519
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The best time to plan a tree is ?? "Yesterday" And the worst thing we can do is to allow Developers of any type to cut down older growth trees as they are the ones doing all the work to reduce CO2 and who is helping reduce the hot spots in our urban areas during the summer. Developing more concrete is the worst thing to do while at the same time cutting down older growth trees. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481523
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I am deeply concerned about the potential rescinding of the roadless rule. Having studied ecosystems and their role in regulating climate to mitigate the already devastating weather events we have seen as a direct result of climate change, it is imperative that we continue to protect these lands that serve us The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481524
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Please, you must not rescind, or in any way alter, the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule! Our undeveloped national forests are vital to the health, sanity, and continued existence of all living creatures on Earth. You must not do them, us, every living thing on the planet, irreversible harm and likely total destruction. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481533
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We need the forests for animals, our ecosystem, and weather. Our forest control so much of our lives, but we constantly forget about it because we dont see the physical impact it creates. Destroying it would not only be lawless, but stupid. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481596
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We need our trees for the health of our planet and the oxygen in our lungs. The trees are the habitats of so many animals that make this planet beautiful. You may not think a few trees make a difference but thats what everyone is thinking. If everyone thinks that way we end up with no trees. No forests. No habitats. No animals where they belong. No beauty of nature. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481726
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Please don't do this. You are thinking so economically short sighted. You wanna make money? Keep the planet alive. Invest in new technology. Invest in restoring habitat that will give back to you. Keep people, ecosystems, animals, and resources alive. Think long term. I beg of you. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481772
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We are still a part of our ecosystems. Society has us so far removed from reality that we forget we are no different or better than the land we walk on and the animals we live alongside. It is our responsibility as higher beings of intelligence to preserve the natural world from which we came. This destruction is short-sighted and foolish. Any potential gain won't matter in 100 years. The devastation to the environment will. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481815
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Our nations natural beauty is what makes America great. Its what we are known around the world for and why people come here. Americans need these natural spaces to be able to get away from our daily lives and reconnect with ourselves and our planet. Its important for our mental health and our spiritual well being. We need to protect these wild places for ourselves well as for the planet. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481835
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It is sheer madness to weaken or repeal the Roadless Rule. The earth and its resources that we enjoy are not just for the current generation. It is not meant to be plundered and destroyed by the wealthy. These immensely popular forests should be protected not only for our future generations but for critical species that make this earth livable. Do not revoke or weaken the Roadless Rule one iota. Thank you. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481848
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Our national parks are our national treasures!!! Do not let corporate greed and corruption in the White House rob us of our national parks!! God gave us dominion over the land and animals and it is our duty to keep them safe and healthy. Love our Mother Earth!???? The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481856
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Adding roads in National Forrests will impede the experience of what the forest service was meant to do. Prefect the lands and wild forests that keep America beautiful. If we cut through these areas we will be closer to looking like a Europe where nobody is able to go where someone hasnt been. Keep the US National Forests untouched and provide citizens with the ability to find adventure, not a drive for a pretty view. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481868
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I can scarcely believe you are serious about laying waste to one of America's greatest national treasures, our protected and PUBLICLY OWNED forests! For what? To further enrich a handful of billionaires and their corporate raiders?! NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO! Leave the Roadless Rule alone, for the sake of all that is sacred and irreplaceable! The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481876
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Please consider keeping the roadless rule. Millions of animals die each year from our current roadways alone. I invite you to read the book Crossings by Ben Goldfarb. If we allow more roadways into national forests, the whole ecological system will be at stake. There is not much land left on this earth as is without roadways and I would like future children to be able to appreciate nature how it has been for centuries. Some of the best adventures take place where there are little roads, and where accessibility is added, there are more people to take advantage for the benefits of themselves and themselves only. To really appreciate and enjoy nature we must continue to access these areas by foot, through the animal tracks and river systems. I do not want our national forests overrun by manmade things. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481878
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We need trees to breathe and water to sustain us. Our National Parks are repositories of our natural assets. God gave us these and government saved them. This government does not have the right to sell them. They now belong to We the People of the United States of America for our children and grandchildren's futures. Once they are sold we will never have access again. DO NOT SELL OUR FORESTS! The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481879
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Repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule is a very bad idea. Trees can be harvested in many places without harm to anyone or anything. These roadless areas are the closest thing to virgin natural areas anywhere in the world. Is it really worth destroying unmatched beauty of these areas just for one more Dollar? NO!!!!!!!!! Use your power to protect these areas! The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-481883
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Don't repeal the Roadless Rule! I know our Oil President would love to have more roads through our National Parks and Forests so that he could have more gasoline vehicles roaring through the pristine woodlands that should just belong to hikers and wildlife. Please don't repeal this Rule! Yours, Mark Kausler The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Sep 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-482117
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I grew up in rural western North Carolina. Spent a lot of my life hiking trails and exploring wildnerness. We must protest our wild forests. This isn't a partisan issue. We all benefit from national parks. Repealong the roadless rule will lead to logging, pollution and development is some of our onlu protected land. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy. National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk. Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.
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