Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation,
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As someone who cares deeply about national parks and the public lands that sustain them, I urge you to choose the No Action alternative and keep the Roadless Rule in place.
For more than two decades, the rule has protected roughly 44.7 million acres of ecologically intact national forest lands, including areas near some of our nation's greatest national parks.
Rescinding the rule would expose and fragment these treasured landscapes. Rescinding the rule opens a door that cannot be closed once wild areas are breached. New roads and development, fragmenting habitat, degrading waterways, puts our nation's treasured and irreplaceable landscapes at risk. Many public lands are already available for timber and energy development. Roadless protections apply to only about 30% of National Forest lands, making these remaining intact areas especially important for future generations.
Please do not move forward with this unnecessary rollback. Keep the Roadless Rule in place to protect the forests, wildlife, clean water, and the national parks.
Eleanor Brandt
3446 Johnson St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418-1411
Sincerely,
Eleanor Brandt