Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-378793

Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Posted September 14, 2026 On Regulations.gov

Scored directly — The comment's whole text was scored on its own.

Scorecard

Each dimension is scored 0–3; the eight sum to the substance score out of 24.

Specific placeNames a specific location — from a region down to an exact creek, trail, road, or map reference.
Local knowledgeDraws on a first-hand connection to the place — visits, sustained activity, occupation, or a professional role.
EA analysisEngages the agency's environmental analysis directly.
Analytical gapIdentifies something the analysis fails to address.
EvidenceBacks claims with specific facts, data, or research.
RequestMakes a specific, actionable request of the agency.
AlternativeProposes a different course of action.
LegalCites statutes, regulations, or legal obligations.

How hard it is to set aside

A0 none: Counted, not answered.

Still open to the agency

Alternative already eliminated The agency says it considered and eliminated the alternative the comment proposes, with a reason. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Already addressed The agency says its analysis already covers the point. Defeated when the comment cites the law itself: there is no analysis to cite against a statutory claim.
Deferred to a later decision The agency says the point belongs to a later, site-specific decision. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Misreads the proposal The agency says the comment misunderstands what is proposed. Defeated when the comment engages the proposal or a named place directly.
Not required The agency says the analysis the comment asks for is not required. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Preference noted The agency notes the comment as a statement of preference and takes no action on it. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
No cause and effect shown The agency says the comment asserts a harm without showing how the action causes it. Defeated when the comment shows the mechanism.
Outside the scope The agency says the comment asks about a different action. Defeated when the comment is specific and tied to this proposal.
Certified not substantive The agency certifies the comment raises nothing substantive. Defeated when the comment alleges illegality, which is substantive by the definition the certification runs on.

Topics

Environmental Protection Biodiversity
- “preserves many of the last undeveloped areas of public lands as a home for wildlife”
- “fragment wildlife habitat, spread invasive species”
- “protecting open space, protecting nearly two million acres of Oregon's public forests”
- “Humans cannot exist without nature”
Water Quality Quantity
- “drinking water sources”
- “clean water”
- “protecting our land, water, trees, and wildlife”
Resource Development Extraction
- “protecting... from logging, road building, and destructive extractive practices”
- “pave the way for industrial logging and mining activities”
- “direct "gift" to corporations that are only concerned about profits”
Recreation Tourism Public Use
- “havens for quiet recreation”
- “hinder recreation opportunities”
- “sections of the Pacific Crest Trail near Waldo Lake”

What it names

Roadless areas: Hardesty MountainLookout MountainLost Lake

The comment

Hello, I am very concerned about the possible repeal of the Roadless Rule. The Roadless Rule was adopted in 2001. It preserves many of the last undeveloped areas of public lands as a home for wildlife, havens for quiet recreation, drinking water sources, and permanent protection of these sensitive areas for current and future generations of our children. It is a critical part of our country's legacy of protecting open space, protecting nearly two million acres of Oregon’s public forests and nearly 45 million acres nationwide from logging, road building, and destructive extractive practices. Opening up protected areas seems to me to be a direct "gift" to corporations that are only concerned about profits. We need to stop putting a monetary value on everything in this country. The value of many things cannot be quantified monetarily. Some things should be allowed to just exist. God created this world and it is wrong to just extract profit from resources such as our land, water, trees, and wildlife. Some things should be left alone. Humans cannot survive in a world that no longer has open space, clean water, trees to balance the carbon cycle in ecosystems, and wildlife. Remember this. Humans cannot exist without nature. Rolling back the Roadless Rule puts some of Oregon’s most iconic places at risk: Larch Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge, Tumalo Mountain outside of Bend, Lookout Mountain in the heart of Oregon, the forests around Lost Lake on Mount Hood, Hardesty Mountain east of Eugene, sections of the Pacific Crest Trail near Waldo Lake, the Oregon Dunes, and many more special places throughout the Cascadia bioregion and beyond. When roads are carved into these areas, they fragment wildlife habitat, spread invasive species, increase wildfire risk, hinder recreation opportunities, introduce noise, and literally pave the way for industrial logging and mining activities to degrade these last wild public forests. We need to be mindful of protecting this earth. God wants us to steward our natural resources in a balanced manner. We already have all of the resources we need. We need to recycle what we have extracted already. We need to protect at least half of the world from development (we are nearing this at the moment.) We cannot continue to take and take - we need to balance what we have already taken and extracted with preserving what is left untouched by humans. If we do not do this, we are hastening the end of life on earth. There is no such thing as unlimited growth. We need to now start recycling and protecting. Do not forget this. These are important decisions. What is more important - money or life? Please protect these areas, as they have been protected since 2001. This is what our citizens want. Listen to citizens over corporate demands. Thank you.