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.

CalWild
“I vigorously oppose the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge you to maintain the existing Rule as is. The Roadless…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-343356 · 2 versions · 1 added their own words · names Middle Fork, South Fork
Earthjustice
“I oppose the Trump administration’s plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The roadless areas in our national forests are an…”From the action page: https://earthjustice.org/action/protect-forests-from-massive-expansion-of-logging
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Earthjustice also uploaded its campaign in files: 40,115 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).
Letter FS-2025-0001-365232 · 6 versions · 5 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest
Earthjustice
“Once again, the Trump administration sees our public lands as resources to be exploited rather than natural treasures to be protected. Our…”From the action page: https://earthjustice.org/action/protect-forests-from-massive-expansion-of-logging
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Earthjustice also uploaded its campaign in files: 40,115 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).
Letter FS-2025-0001-385531 · 10 versions · 9 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest
Earthjustice
“I oppose the Trump administration’s plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The roadless areas in our national forests are an…”From the action page: https://earthjustice.org/action/protect-forests-from-massive-expansion-of-logging
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Earthjustice also uploaded its campaign in files: 40,115 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).
Letter FS-2025-0001-407042 · 11 versions · 12 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest
“Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation, I am deeply concerned about the proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule. For 25 years, this…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseTribal SovereigntyWater Quality Quantity
Letter FS-2025-0001-454785 · 11 versions · 9 added their own words
League of Conservation Voters
“To begin with Old growth forests are irreplaceable and most be left undisturbed at all costs! As an environmentalist and member of the…”Named in the letter: As an environmentalist and member of the League of Conservation Voters, I am writing in strong opposition to the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Climate Carbon StorageEnvironmental Protection BiodiversityWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-461903 · 12 versions · 11 added their own words · names Tongass National Forest
“The Roadless Rule is important because it protects something that is increasingly rare in America: large, intact forests that remain free…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Environmental Protection BiodiversityForest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity
Letter FS-2025-0001-223872
“We need to take better care of what is left of our environment, for wildlife, marine life, plant life, and people.”
12 submissionsOpposes rescission
Environmental Protection Biodiversity
Letter FS-2025-0001-227179
“Don’t do it.”
12 submissions
Letter FS-2025-0001-257149
“See attached”
12 submissions
Letter FS-2025-0001-313361
CalWild
“Rivers are so important tp me and my family but also important to the plants and animals that rely on the watershed including the oceans. I…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-342704 · 2 versions · 1 added their own words · names Middle Fork, South Fork
Earthjustice
“Our president has been committing acts without congressional approval since he started his second term. I'm sure he is making kickbacks to…”From the action page: https://earthjustice.org/action/protect-forests-from-massive-expansion-of-logging
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Earthjustice also uploaded its campaign in files: 40,115 entries in 1 upload, (Bulk Upload).
Letter FS-2025-0001-343195 · names Tongass National Forest
CalWild
“I am a wildlife rehabilitationist and live on private land within a federal Wilderness area. I have long been an advocate of Roadless areas…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
Environmental Protection BiodiversityRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-343489 · names Middle Fork, South Fork
“I support keeping our roadless areas as they are -- roadless. This helps to protect our natural heritage that belongs to all Americans. Our…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 1/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-343790
“I oppose the Trump administration’s plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The remaining roadless portions of our national…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-343839
“I oppose the Trump administration’s plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The roadless areas in our national forests are an…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 2/24
Climate Carbon StorageRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-343937
“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. Roads…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Forest Management WildfireGovernance Policy ProcessWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-344260 · 2 versions
CalWild
“I oppose the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge you to maintain the existing Rule as is. The Roadless Rule…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-345073 · names Middle Fork, South Fork
“I am writing to express my strong opposition to any proposal that would rescind or weaken the Roadless Rule in California. Protecting our…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24
Environmental Protection BiodiversityForest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity
Letter FS-2025-0001-345110 · names Middle Fork
CalWild
“I oppose the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge you to maintain the existing Rule as is. The Roadless Rule…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-345157
CalWild
“Living in South Lake Tahoe, home to the Desolation Wilderness, which brings millions of people to visit and contribute to the economy of the…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-345273 · names Middle Fork, South Fork
CalWild
“I oppose the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge you to maintain the existing Rule as is. The Roadless Rule…”From the action page: https://www.calwild.org/defendroadlessdefendrivers/
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Forest Management WildfireRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality QuantityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-345301 · names Middle Fork, South Fork
“Here is my testimony (feel free to make it your own): " As a long-time hunter, outdoorsman and nature- based educator, I can't emphasize…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
Environmental Protection BiodiversityWildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-226122 · 11 versions · 7 added their own words
“I strongly oppose the USDA's proposal to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”). This reckless action would…”
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24
Environmental Protection BiodiversityGovernance Policy ProcessRecreation Tourism Public UseWater Quality Quantity
Letter FS-2025-0001-323840 · 11 versions · 4 added their own words
Wilderness Watch
“Roads fragment wildlife habitat. Existing roadless areas provide habitat for many threatened and endangered native species. Roadless areas…”From the action page: https://wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/strengthen-roadless-rule
12 submissionsOpposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24
Wildlife Habitat
Letter FS-2025-0001-432646 · 12 versions · 6 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.

Roadless.org — analysis of the public comment docket.
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