Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

Organised campaigns.

A campaign is one letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. Each counts as one unique comment, however many sent it. Where the organisation that ran a campaign is known, it is named, with how it was found; otherwise the campaign is named by how its letter opens. Largest first.

811 campaigns

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

  1. “Hello, I am writing in opposition to the proposal to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule [FS-2025-0001]. For nearly 25 years this…”
    44 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-313218 · 44 versions · 33 added their own words

  2. “Healthy, untouched forests naturally soak up greenhouse gases to help fight climate change. Plus, the current rule already lets local…”
    44 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 3/24
    Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public Use

    Letter FS-2025-0001-595483 · 41 versions · 9 added their own words

  3. “Roadless areas are the heart and soul of fish, wildlife, and clean water. The roadless areas are a refuge for my family to get away from all…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Economic Impact FiscalRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-272778 · 43 versions · 43 added their own words

  4. “We need to preserve these lands for future generations! The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule conserves over 58 million acres of…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-339643 · 43 versions · 24 added their own words

  5. “I strongly support keeping the Roadless Rule in place and protecting our remaining roadless national forest lands. These forests are some of…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-268785 · 4 versions

  6. “I oppose the Trump administration’s plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The roadless areas in our national forests are an…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-390942 · 40 versions · 40 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest

  7. “I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. I spend every weekend in Garrett County, MD, often finding myself down in…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-315707 · names Cheat Mountain, Seneca Creek

  8. “Mr. Schultz, Please keep the 2001 Roadless Rule intact by opting for Alternative 1. I live in a fire prone area along the US-Mexico border…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
    Forest Management WildfireNational Security Public SafetyPublic Opinion Support

    Letter FS-2025-0001-316170 · 2 versions · names Coronado National Forest

  9. “Dear U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, As an ecologist, I am writing to urge the U.S. Forest Service to select Alternative 1 and retain…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 7/24
    Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy Process

    Letter FS-2025-0001-316567 · 2 versions

  10. “I oppose rescinding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. It has helped protect roadless areas, and adjacent Wilderness areas, on national…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityForest Management WildfireWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-417023 · 43 versions · 27 added their own words

  11. “I am writing as a public lands user, recreationist to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Roadless…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 7/24
    Forest Management WildfireGovernance Policy ProcessWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-483446 · 43 versions · 38 added their own words · names Independence Creek, Soldier Canyon

  12. “Please refer to the 10/02/2026 letter from the Southern Environmental Law Center submitted with confirmation #mur-5suc-54st: The Southern…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA1 strongSubstance 3/24
    Governance Policy Process

    Letter FS-2025-0001-537258 · 2 versions · names 91 FR 53, 91 FR 57

  13. “"I am writing as a public lands user and recreationist to oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 3/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityForest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-598161 · 43 versions · 35 added their own words

  14. “this is a terrible proposal that will further mass extinction in the united states. we need to protect our ancient forests and the…”
    43 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

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

  15. “It is imperative that pristine lands remain this way for future generations. Having visited many of America’s great national parks, I urge…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
    Recreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-285265 · 42 versions · 42 added their own words

  16. “The reasoning being given for rescinding the roadless rule is fire prevention. But fires are more prevalent in areas with roads than areas…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-245868 · 42 versions · 42 added their own words

  17. “I was raised surrounded by the beautiful nature of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. One of the best things the United States of America has done…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-256683 · 42 versions · 42 added their own words

  18. “I oppose the rollback of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For more than two decades, this rule has protected much of the wildness that…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-295768 · 7 versions

  19. “To whom it may concern, my name is Carolann Maccini and I live in NH. New Hampshire likes it's access to its roadless areas, and wants to…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 3/24
    Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-385362 · 33 versions · 33 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest

  20. “See attached file.”
    42 submissions

    Letter FS-2025-0001-281690

  21. “I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. We have made this mistake so many times before. We believe everything is…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-315832 · names Cheat Mountain, Seneca Creek

  22. “Dear U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, I have been a strong supporter of our precious public lands and especially to Sky Island…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy ProcessRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-316148 · names San Jose

  23. “Dear U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, I’m writing to urge you to support rescinding portions of 2001 Roadless Rule This proposal has…”
    42 submissionsSupports rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Economic Impact FiscalGovernance Policy Process

    Letter FS-2025-0001-316201

  24. “Dear U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, I’m writing to urge you to choose Alternative 1 and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule intact. For 25…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy ProcessRecreation Tourism Public UseResource Development Extraction

    Letter FS-2025-0001-316277

  25. “Dear U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, I’m writing to urge you to choose Alternative 1 and keep the 2001 Roadless Rule intact. For 25…”
    42 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy ProcessRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-316320

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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: https://www.regulations.gov/bulkdownload.

Roadless.org — analysis of the public comment docket.
Media inquiries welcome — nicholas@wanderingnature.com.

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