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.

811 campaigns

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

  1. “Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation, I urge the U.S. Forest Service to keep intact the existing Roadless Area Conservation Rule…”
    34 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityPublic Opinion SupportRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-388420 · 33 versions · 34 added their own words

  2. “I oppose rescinding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. It has helped protect roadless areas, and adjacent Wilderness areas, on national…”
    34 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy Process

    Letter FS-2025-0001-410678 · 6 versions

  3. “I oppose rescinding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. It has helped protect roadless areas, and adjacent Wilderness areas, on national…”
    34 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Environmental Protection Biodiversity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-410920 · 2 versions

  4. “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…”
    34 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy ProcessRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-319020

  5. “I strongly oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule. This rule protects 58.5 million acres of our National Forest System…”
    34 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-354425 · 31 versions · 20 added their own words

  6. “I live in Georgia and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the…”
    34 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
    Economic Impact FiscalRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-268359 · 34 versions · 34 added their own words

  7. “I live and breath the majority of my life on roadless public lands. My income comes from guiding fishing in remote backcountry creeks, and…”
    33 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Recreation Tourism Public UseResource Development ExtractionWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-235489 · 33 versions · 33 added their own words

  8. “I vehemently oppose the Trump administration’s obscene plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The roadless areas in our…”
    33 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
    Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-344393 · 4 versions · names Tongass National Forest

  9. “As Y2Y is focused on wildlife connectivity and intact habitat, we recommend touching on some or all of the following points. Don’t repeal…”
    33 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-304342 · 32 versions · 15 added their own words

  10. “Please refer to the 10/02/2026 letter from the Southern Environmental Law Center submitted with confirmation #mur-5suc-54st: The Southern…”
    33 submissionsOpposes rescissionA1 strongSubstance 7/24
    Legal Regulatory Framework

    Letter FS-2025-0001-532215 · 5 versions · names 91 FR 53, 91 FR 57

  11. “Please maintain protections for the 45 million acres of wild and roadless forests and don’t rescind or alter the Roadless Area Conservation…”
    33 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Recreation Tourism Public UseResource Development ExtractionWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-559435 · 31 versions · 33 added their own words

  12. “Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation, Dear In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's announcement that it is proposing a…”
    33 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Water Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-579685 · 33 versions · 33 added their own words

  13. “Taking away conservation efforts that are proven effective for short sighted people trying to make a quick dollar is not the way this…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-258357 · 32 versions · 32 added their own words

  14. “As a lifelong adventurer lover of US national / state parks, I urge you to keep the Roadless Rule in place exactly as it is. Like millions…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-247562 · 32 versions · 32 added their own words

  15. “PLEASE DON'T DESTROY OUR ENVIRONMENT! I oppose the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge you to maintain the…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-345341 · 5 versions · 1 added their own words · names Middle Fork, South Fork

  16. “Dear Secretary Rollins, I urge you not to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Roadless Rule). The nearly 45 million acres of…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityForest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-401457 · 28 versions · 5 added their own words

  17. “I urge you to suspend the current proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (i.e., “Roadless Rule”). The Roadless Rule…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Recreation Tourism Public UseResource Development ExtractionWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-438936 · 32 versions · 32 added their own words

  18. “Dear U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, I’m a retired wildlife biologist who used to work for several State and Federal agencies…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 10/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy ProcessRecreation Tourism Public UseWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-322665

  19. “I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. West Virginia is blessed with many beautiful, important places that are…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-323003 · names Cheat Mountain, Seneca Creek

  20. “Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation, I am deeply concerned about the proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule. For 25 years, this…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseTribal SovereigntyWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-487124 · 32 versions · 29 added their own words

  21. “As a native Idaho I strongly oppose this repeal. We have to protect our public lands from extraction and development. Not a single square…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Public Opinion SupportResource Development ExtractionWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

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

  22. “Please maintain protections for the 45 million acres of wild and roadless forests and don’t rescind or alter the Roadless Area Conservation…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
    Cultural Heritage IndigenousRecreation Tourism Public UseWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-531301 · 32 versions · 32 added their own words

  23. “I am a science educator from a rural area. My students are mostly poor to lower middle class and will never have the ability to…”
    32 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
    Recreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat

    Letter FS-2025-0001-610546 · 32 versions · 31 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest

  24. “I urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withdraw its proposal to eliminate the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Nearly 45 million…”
    31 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24
    Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseResource Development ExtractionWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-284619 · 25 versions

  25. “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation Public Comment,Last year, more than 625,000 people from across the United States wrote to the…”
    31 submissionsOpposes rescissionA3 weakSubstance 9/24
    Cultural Heritage IndigenousForest Management WildfireTribal SovereigntyWater Quality Quantity

    Letter FS-2025-0001-367265 · 31 versions · 30 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest

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Please cite us. This analysis is the intellectual property of Roadless.org and Nicholas Holshouser. You are welcome to reproduce it — every reproduction must include this citation:
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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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