To the U.S. Forest Service,
I am writing to express my strong opposition to any efforts to rescind, weaken, or roll back the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. As an avid user and advocate for our nation's public lands, I rely heavily on the integrity and protection of our inventoried roadless areas. I frequently visit the Sierra National Forest near my home in California as well as many other forests I visit across the country throughout the year. Protecting these
unfragmented landscapes is deeply personal to me because I not only enjoy spending time in the natural world for my well-being, I depend on these watersheds for clean drinking water, and I value the pristine wildlife habitats more than anything. I urge the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to abandon the proposed rescission and instead maintain full protections for all currently designated inventoried roadless areas.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment.
Sincerely,
Samuel Asher Bearman