My name is Amber Petersen, a Forestry graduate and American citizen, and we need to keep the roadless rule intact. Our forests are not only home to an array of keystone wildlife species, rare plant and tree species, and offer boundless benefits to humans (clean air, clean water, recreation)...but they represent the wildness of the America spirit. I know that land management decisions are not based on emotion, so I will make a strong economic case here. First, we do not need to log existing forests to develop and expand American produced forest products. We have ample technology and advancements in Forestry practices that we can effectively utilized privately owned forests and fast-growing economically viable tree species like birch without jeopradizing national forests with operations that permanently alter and damage tree value, soil, and water quality. Another argument against the roadless rule is preparedness and management against wild fires. We know that the majority of wild fires are human caused, so it is ludicrous to believe that constructing roads would lead to less fires, when in reality, more access to the public would lead to more instances of fire. Natural fire return intervals will happen regardless and are crucial to ecosystem health. I am pleading DO NOT GET RID OF THE ROADLESS RULE.