Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

“Dear Joshua White, USDA Forest Service Acting Director of Ecosystem Management Coordination, I respectfully…”

Campaign: One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. It counts as one unique comment. The record does not say which organisation ran it.

Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24

11 submissions
11 versions of the text
7 added words of their own

TopicsEnvironmental Protection Biodiversity Recreation Tourism Public Use Water Quality Quantity

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When it arrived

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Sep 11Sep 18Sep 21

Sep 11: 8 submissions, 1 unique comments

What it names

Roadless areas: + Green Mountain+ White Mountain

Names marked + were added by senders and are not in the shared letter.

The letter

As sent in FS-2025-0001-343755, the comment that stands for the group.

Dear Joshua White, USDA Forest Service Acting Director of Ecosystem Management Coordination, I respectfully oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Green and White Mountain National Forests are an essential part of the Connecticut River watershed and provide important headwater forests, clean water (including drinking water), wildlife habitat, biodiversity, climate resilience, and recreational opportunities. Roadless forests help safeguard water quality by maintaining intact soils, forest cover, buffers, wetlands, and natural drainage and filtration systems. Intensifying development by building roads and increasing logging in these areas could exacerbate erosion, sedimentation, runoff, habitat fragmentation, and other threats to water resources. Please do not make changes or rescind the Roadless Rule! Select Alternative 1 - No action, in the Draft Environmental Impact statement, to maintain strong, consistent protections for roadless areas in the White and Green Mountain National Forests. Protect these forests and downriver communities for clean water, healthy rivers, wildlife, recreation, and future generations. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

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