Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

Organised campaigns.

Every campaign, by how it reached the agency: choose Individual Submission or Bulk Upload.

What a campaign is

A campaign is an organised effort by a group to get people to weigh in on the rule. The group writes a letter or a petition, asks its supporters to add their names or their own words, and gets the result to the agency. However it arrives, it is one campaign. It can arrive in two ways, and each is counted its own way.

The count is of entries, not people. A posted comment carries no name, so a person who posted the letter and also signed the petition is two entries, and cannot be matched.

The campaigns whose supporters posted the letter themselves, largest first by how many times it was posted. Each counts as one unique comment, however many posted it. Where the group behind a campaign is known, it is named, with how we know; otherwise the campaign is named by how its letter opens.

57 campaigns run by Sierra Club

← All campaigns

Each campaign's organisation where known, its letter, how many submitted it, its position and ratings, and the topics it raises.

  1. Sierra Club

    “I can't even imagine this area without trees. Why would you want to cut them all down? We need to protect these wild areas. The Forest…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    48 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-529156 · 46 versions · 48 added their own words

  2. Sierra Club

    “this is a terrible proposal that will further mass extinction in the united states. we need to protect our ancient forests and the…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-588076 · 43 versions · 43 added their own words

  3. Sierra Club

    “The greed of this administration is astounding! Please protect our forests from irreparable damage. Its part of what makes our country…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    39 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-482859 · 37 versions · 39 added their own words

  4. Sierra Club

    “Please remember that we share this planet. Humans have had a massive negative impact on the natural world in so many please. Please do not…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    37 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-531754 · 36 versions · 37 added their own words

  5. Sierra Club

    “As a native Idaho I strongly oppose this repeal. We have to protect our public lands from extraction and development. Not a single square…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportResource Development ExtractionWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-482825 · 32 versions · 32 added their own words

  6. Sierra Club

    “Our public lands should not be for sale or trade. Every inch, square foot and acre belong to the American public. No administration should…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    30 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality Quantity

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-510011 · 30 versions · 30 added their own words

  7. Sierra Club

    “The National Forests are a treasure that MUST be protected. I lived many years surrounded by these forests and the thought of them being…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    30 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-554661 · 30 versions · 30 added their own words

  8. Sierra Club

    “No self-appointed king should be allowed to seek the Peoples Property. Any human reading this should be ashamed of their part in destroying…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    28 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-532421 · 27 versions · 28 added their own words

  9. Sierra Club

    “We need our parks, do not destroy our precious nature we are the guardians that need to protect it for future generations The Forest Service…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    27 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-347842 · 26 versions · 27 added their own words

  10. Sierra Club

    “I do not want more roads to be built into my national forests. We are suffering a 6th mass extinction of animals and humans are the cause!!…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    26 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-482707 · 26 versions · 26 added their own words

  11. Sierra Club

    “We must protect our forests and wildlife! Repealing the roadless rule is not on the best interest of our country. We need to maintain wild…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    22 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-356409 · 22 versions · 22 added their own words

  12. Sierra Club

    “Our national parks lands need to be fully protected to preserve them for current and future generations! Adding roads for commercial…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    22 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportResource Development ExtractionWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-530055 · 22 versions · 22 added their own words

  13. Sierra Club

    “Forests are too important to the future of the planet and they are one of the many things that make our country great. Do not rescind the…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    20 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportResource Development ExtractionWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-450411 · 20 versions · 20 added their own words

  14. Sierra Club

    “Our forests and natural lands are critical resources that must be protected to keep our communities healthy. Gutting these habitats for…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    20 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-499396 · 19 versions · 20 added their own words

  15. Sierra Club

    “Roadless lands are essential to the quality of our water, the health of our wildlife and the enjoyment of our natural beauty. Keep the…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    20 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-517520 · 20 versions · 20 added their own words

  16. Sierra Club

    “My family loves camping, hiking, being outdoors. You want to take that away from us. You need to back up and see what Teddy Roosevelt, John…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    19 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-554288 · 18 versions · 19 added their own words

  17. Sierra Club

    “The Roadless Rule should remain. See this PEW analysis. https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-ro…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    17 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-519537 · 17 versions · 17 added their own words

  18. Sierra Club

    “We need to protect our forests. The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    16 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 3/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-409064 · 16 versions · 14 added their own words

  19. Sierra Club

    “Your decision will have an indelible and irreversible impact on our future, and you will forever be associated with any harmful changes…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    16 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-506933 · 16 versions · 16 added their own words

  20. Sierra Club

    “More now than ever before have we needed pristine areas to remind us of what this country has been and before it all disappears. The Forest…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    16 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-520973 · 15 versions · 16 added their own words

  21. Sierra Club

    “Please do not destroy our only planet. It needs to be protected from poor land use. It is the peoples land and needs to be protected for…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    15 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-503916 · 14 versions · 15 added their own words

  22. Sierra Club

    “Roads in the public lands would greatly change the hiking experience for my family and many others. Many of the places we hike would be…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    15 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-529827 · 14 versions · 15 added their own words

  23. Sierra Club

    “This administration's commitment to Make America Healthy is being contradicted when trees are cut down. They Make America Healthy! The…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    15 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-540765 · 14 versions · 14 added their own words

  24. Sierra Club

    “Please protect our forests and public lands, so that future generations may enjoy them. Keep the Roadless Rule intact. The Forest Service…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    14 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-372564 · 12 versions · 14 added their own words

  25. Sierra Club

    “I enjoyed visiting this type of public forest when I was younger. I still appreciate the forest service next to my land. Please keep the…”From the organisation's submission: FS-2025-0001-480496

    13 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality Quantity

    Sierra Club also uploaded its campaign in files: 20,135 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).

    Letter FS-2025-0001-314384 · 13 versions · 13 added their own words

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How it works. Position and topic classification is performed by a large language model (the open-weight Qwen3.8 27B) that reads each comment and labels its position — supports, opposes, or neutral — and the topics it raises. Copies and campaigns are found by hashes of the text and the overlap of six-to-eight-word phrases, grouped into text families; every unique figure counts one family once. Sentence embeddings (Qwen3) find reworded templates, shown under Organized campaigns, and cross-check the families; lexical, syntactic and stylometric features (TF-IDF, spaCy) score each comment’s originality for review. Neither decides a copy count. The full method is on the Methodologies page of roadless.org.

The full method. Every step, why it is done that way, its known limits and a glossary: Methodologies →

The data. The full canonical dataset — every comment on Docket FS-2025-0001 — is available from Regulations.gov's bulk download, the canonical source: https://www.regulations.gov/bulkdownload. Download the CSV directly (Regulations.gov keeps this link working until October 18, 2026): https://bulk-downloads.regulations.gov/mv4-z8fw-q5jx.csv.

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