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I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around the Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry Wilderness Areas. Having visited the Monongahela National Forest many times over the past 25 years, I have never felt that the Forest required greater or more extensive road access. The existing Forest Roads are more than sufficient to provide reasonable access for recreation and occasionally sanctioned commercial activity, and thus to expand road building on the Mon into previously undisturbed areas and sensitive plant and animal habitat would go against the entire rationale behind our National Forests and the Mon in particular. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. Sincerely, Bradley Stephens 248 Franklin St Morgantown, WV 26501-6906 brad.w.stephens@gmail.com

I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule, as a long-time resident of beautiful West Virginia and someone who wants to see God's splendor in Monongahela National Forest unspoiled. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. Sincerely, Jeremy Wenisch 1015 Lilly St Princeton, WV 24740-2209 jeremypwenisch@gmail.com

I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. It's time for West Virginia to plan for an economic future that revolves around one of their greatest assets; their large uninterrupted wild spaces. What is not needed is increased logging and fragmentation of ecosystems required by many, many species for their survival. When they're gone they're gone. Try recreation and tourism a little more, and extraction a lot less. Monongahela National Forest needs to be left alone, to heal after being clearcut and repeatedly logged. Sincerely, Michael Blackburn Sincerely, Michael Blackburn 407 Thunderstruck Rd Dryfork, WV 26263 blackburn.mb@gmail.com

Living in Pocahontas County, WV I can the Monongahela National Forest home. The beauty draws me in and has led me develop a love of hiking, backpacking and birding. The wildlife, rivers and pristine places must remain for the benefit of not just humans but for all the living things that are dependent upon the treasures made possible and preserved by the Roadless Rule. I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry. These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations. Sincerely, Judith Mohr 191 Seneca Dr Buckeye, WV 24924-9166 jodynic77@gmail.com