Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Posted August 24, 2026 On Regulations.gov
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My name is Amelia Yook. I live near the Francis Marion Sumter National Forest. The forest and the roadless areas within it are everything I live for. I strongly oppose the repeal of the Roadless Rule.
Repealing the Roadless Rule will open currently protected areas to road construction and timber harvesting. The amount of roadless areas left in the United States is extremely small. We have already lost too much. Opening roadless areas to timber harvesting will increase global warming, kill endangered species and lower air quality. Those are facts not opinions. No one will ever be able to undo this decision because the old growth trees will be gone.
I suggest that you do everything in your power to keep the Roadless Rule in place and to save our world as we know it.
The Roadless Rule is vital to the future of the natural world. The natural world is vital to our species as humans. If that does not mean something then nothing does.