For more than two decades, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has protected much of the wildness that remains in our national forests. The protections have been particularly vital in the Midwest.
You may never have visited Wisconsin's Chequamegon-Nicolet or Michigan's Ottawa, Hiawatha, and Huron-Manistee, but the Midwest’s national forests have important roadless areas that clean our drinking water, store carbon, and offer refuge for people seeking quiet and beauty. Hunters appreciate the fact that these areas provide a place for their prey to multiply.
As these lands are an enormous resource for the recreation economy in the Midwest, on which hundreds of thousands of voters depend, I urge you to stop rolling back protections for our public lands and leave our last wild forests intact. Please keep the Roadless Rule in place.
Sincerely,
Ms. Anne Morse
3950 N Lake Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60613-3434
annie.mo57@gmail.com
(773) 412-9233