Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-382714

Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 7/24Posted September 14, 2026 On Regulations.gov

In short: The comment establishes a request to finalize a durable national Roadless Rule that safeguards intact backcountry habitat, specifically citing the 9.3 million acres in the Tongass National Forest, while allowing flexibility for forest health, fuel reduction, and wildlife habitat projects.

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

Wildlife Habitat
- “wildlife can be how mother nature intended it to be”
- “more wildlife”
- “safeguards intact backcountry habitat”
- “secure fish and wildlife habitat”
Recreation Tourism Public Use
- “I hunt and fish all over the west”
- “less human disturbances”
- “less people and more wildlife”
- “recreationalist for generations to come”
Forest Management Wildfire
- “flexibility for forest restoration”
- “community safe guarding”
- “fuel reduction”
- “prevent forest fires”
Governance Policy Process
- “inconsistent management across the country”
- “finalize a durable national Roadless Rule”
- “draw from Idaho and Colorado's roadless rules”
- “limiting new road construction”

What it names

National Forests: Caribou-Targhee National Forest Salmon-Challis National Forest Tongass National Forest

The comment

Shaded passages are the ones the analysis quoted as evidence for a dimension: Legal

I hunt and fish all over the west but the two National Forest I spend the most time in is the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest. National Forest inventoried roadless areas are so important to me because there is definitely less human disturbances and the wildlife can be how mother nature intended it to be and as well as an avid hunter I love roadless areas because it means less people and more wildlife. I support retaining durable backcountry conservation measures for while providing careful defined flexibility for forest restoration, community safe guarding, and fish and wildlife habitat improvement projects. The Forest service does not need to choose between healthy forest and conserving the intact backcountry landscapes on which hunters, anglers, wildlife, and communities depend on. Rather than removing the national rule, which would create inconsistent management across the country and potential conflict, I recommend the the Forest Service finalize a durable national Roadless Rule that safeguards intact backcountry habitat while providing flexibility for necessary community safeguards and restoration. Specifically the final rule should be set in place so that community safeguard for forest health, fuel reduction, and fish and wildlife habitat projects can move forward under clear conservation standards while limiting new road construction. The National Forest needs to retain strong national conservation measures for roadless areas and maintain durable conservation direction for intact backcountry lands including the 9.3 million acres of roadless area in the Tongass National Forest. The Forest Service should also take notes and draw from Idaho and Colorado's roadless rules and recognize these durable state based approaches as models that can inform a national rule to pair strong backcountry safeguards with carefully defined flexibility near communities and in areas where restoration is needed for wildlife and the habitat. With all this in place it will help prevent forest fires, have healthy forests and secure fish and wildlife habitat for hunters, anglers and all other recreationalist for generations to come. Thank you for your time.