“I am writing to oppose the U.S. Forest Service's proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket…”

I am writing to oppose the U.S. Forest Service's proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule (Docket FS-2025-0001, RIN 0596-AD66). Michigan's national forests contain roughly 16,000 acres of Inventoried Roadless Areas across three forests: the Hiawatha National Forest, home to the Fibre (7,431 acres) and Delirium (188 acres) Roadless Areas; the Ottawa National Forest, including Norwich Plains and Trap Hills, totaling about 4,600 acres; and the Huron-Manistee National Forest, home to Bear Swamp (3,915 acres). These are Michigan's last large roadless forests. The Roadless Rule keeps these lands free of new road construction and large-scale logging. That is exactly what makes them valuable for mountain biking, hiking, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, hunting, and paddling today. Rescinding the rule would allow new roads and increased logging in these areas, fragmenting habitat and changing the primitive backcountry character these forests currently offer. I ask the Forest Service to withdraw this proposal and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule in place for Michigan's Hiawatha, Ottawa, and Huron-Manistee National Forests, along with the rest of the National Forests across the United States. Sincerely, Andrew Heer, Highland MI