“select the 'No Action Alternative' to keep the current rule(s)”
“rules that were adopted after much study and public input”
The comment
With all due respect:
I am writing as a citizen of Montana who has used public lands for recreation for almost sixty years, mostly for hiking. I am addressing these comments to the
U. S. Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agricullture and any other national decision-makers who might have oversight of or input to the making (or, in this case, unmaking) the issue of roadless areas in our National Forests, not just in Montana but more broadly.
I am particularly concerned about maintainning key connectivity and migration avenues for wildlife species that live in our already scarce roadless areas that exist today. The habitat is priceless.
Roadbuilding and associatged development of any sort would lead inevitably to loss of habitat, increased mortality of wildlife, and significantly impact efforts to recover threatened or endangered species.
New roads scar the landscape and result in the spread of invasive species and noxious weeds.
I am asking that the Forest Service select the "No Action Alternative" to keep the current rule(s) regarding roadless areas of our public forests- rules that were adopted after much study and public input.
Larry D. Williams
62 Crescent Drive
(P O Box 3097)
Coplumbia Falls, MT 59912