Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 4/24Posted September 17, 2026 On Regulations.gov
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I live in Western North Carolina. I spend many weekends in Pisgah National Forest. I love to ride my bike and hike there. It’s an amazing place and many people come to the forest to hunt and fish and just escape the pressure of modern life. Roadless areas have helped keep some areas truly wild and allowed many of our struggling animals and plants a place to thrive and remain un-threatened. I work in a small shop in Black Mountain and many of our visitors come here to see the beautiful blue ridge mountains and not a clear cut field where the forest used to be. There is a time and a place for logging in these forests and some roads do help get to places where wildfire prevention is needed.Removing these rules is another act of profit over people and another way to turn all of Americas resources into money for the wealthy and corporations. The heart of this effort is to line the pockets of timber companies. We make our biggest supplier of paper goods our adversary and now we have to destroy our beautiful ancient forests? Disgusting and despicable. We are poisoning this planet at an accelerating rate and soon there will be be no untouched and no pristine places left for our descendants.