Where they stand
Shares of the classified comments; comments under 30 characters carry no position.
How hard they are to set aside
Answerability rates how hard a substantive comment is for the agency to dismiss. A copy of a campaign letter carries its letter's level.
Comments received each day
Bar height is submissions that day; the darker part is unique comments. Tap or hover a bar for its count. 48 days, Aug 20 – Oct 6.
Aug 20Sep 13Oct 6
Oct 6: 31,364 submissions, 14,180 unique comments
How the submissions group
| Kind | Groups | Submissions |
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| Unique letterA letter no one else sent. | 77,784 | 77,784 |
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| Exact copyByte-identical to another submission. | 1,395 | 2,790 |
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| Same bodyThe same body as another submission, with a different opening or signature. | 8 | 16 |
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| Small familyOne letter sent by 3 to 9 people, copied or lightly reworded. | 1,571 | 7,062 |
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| CampaignOne letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. | 811 | 302,410 |
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The largest campaigns
Each named by how its letter opens: the record does not say which organisation ran it.
- “I oppose the Trump administration’s plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The roadless areas…”71,680 submissions · Opposes rescission · Climate Carbon Storage, Recreation Tourism Public Use, Water Quality Quantity, Wildlife Habitat
- “I urge you to keep the Roadless Rule in place exactly as it is. Like millions of Americans who have spoken out…”33,601 submissions · Opposes rescission · Climate Carbon Storage, Recreation Tourism Public Use, Water Quality Quantity, Wildlife Habitat
- “USDA Department of Agriculture Forest Service,I’m writing to urge you to protect nearly 59 million acres of…”22,871 submissions · Opposes rescission · Environmental Protection Biodiversity, Recreation Tourism Public Use, Water Quality Quantity, Wildlife Habitat
- “The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this…”16,353 submissions · Opposes rescission · Public Opinion Support, Water Quality Quantity, Wildlife Habitat
- “Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation, I'm writing asking you not to repeal the 2001 Roadless Area…”15,005 submissions · Opposes rescission · Tribal Sovereignty, Water Quality Quantity, Wildlife Habitat
All 811 campaigns →How long they are
Unique comments by length in characters; the last bar is 5,000 and over.
02,5005,000+
0–250 characters: 24,985 unique comments, 29,278 submissions
The rest of the analysis
- Reading the Docket → The plain-language account of what the comment data is and what it shows.
- The substantive analysis → Every substantive comment scored 0–3 on eight dimensions, set against how hard it is to dismiss — and the strongest comments on each side.
- Topics in Depth → How many raise each topic, where they stand, how substantive they are, and which topics are raised together.
- Places → The National Forests and roadless areas commenters name, and where they write from.
- Law & science → The law and science commenters cite, including work the agency’s own record does not contain.
- Campaigns → The organised letters, largest first: each letter, how many submitted it, the topics it raises, and when it arrived.
- The full count → Every submission, with attachment bundles counted as the submissions they enclose.
- Check my comment → Enter a comment’s ID to see how it was classified and scored, with its scored passages shaded.