“irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation”
“public lands, our shared birthright”
What it names
Roadless areas
Cheat MountainSeneca Creek
The comment
PLEASE do not repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule. These areas belong to future generations; they are not ours to destroy.
Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry.
These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations.
Sincerely,
Liz McDowell
90 Moonridge Ln Grantsville, MD 21536-2164
lmcd.mnps@gmail.com