The Roadless Rule protects nearly 1.2 million acres in Arizona, including roughly 140,000 acres on the Prescott National Forest and about 50,000 acres on the Coconino National Forest. These are the backcountry lands that surround residential areas in the Verde Valley. They are full of valuable ecosystems and biomes, wildlife (endangered and otherwise), and provide wilderness that invaluable to our spiritual and mental health, as well as the overall health of the earth.
I firmly oppose repealing the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation. And you should also! It's our moral and ethical responsibility, as humans, to protect these areas for future generations.
Thank you.