Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

“Going through with this decision to repeal the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule will cause immense harm to…”

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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24

56 submissions
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TopicsEnvironmental Protection Biodiversity Forest Management Wildfire Scientific Research Evidence

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What it names

Works cited: 10.1038/s41467-024-53460-6

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The letter

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Going through with this decision to repeal the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule will cause immense harm to our country. Rather than reduce the risk of wildfires, it will only increase it. A recent study (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53460-6) concludes that fragmenting or dividing forests into smaller areas via roads could actually directly result in an increased likelihood of extreme wildfires. What’s more, 13% of roadless land currently protected experienced wildfires of high or moderate severity between 1984 and 2024 as per the Trump administration’s Federal Register filing. The construction of roads would further exacerbate this risk. Not only would our beautiful forests, which are a source of pride for many Americans, be marred by these potential roads but they would also become much more dangerous to surrounding communities. I strongly object to this measure to remove protections from our public lands and urge the Department to reconsider.

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