Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-553698

Opposes rescissionA2 moderateSubstance 5/24Owed an answerPosted October 5, 2026 On Regulations.gov

Scored directly — The comment's whole text was scored on its own.

Scorecard

Each dimension is scored 0–3; the eight sum to the substance score out of 24.

Specific placeNames a specific location — from a region down to an exact creek, trail, road, or map reference.
Local knowledgeDraws on a first-hand connection to the place — visits, sustained activity, occupation, or a professional role.
EA analysisEngages the agency's environmental analysis directly.
Analytical gapIdentifies something the analysis fails to address.
EvidenceBacks claims with specific facts, data, or research.
RequestMakes a specific, actionable request of the agency.
AlternativeProposes a different course of action.
LegalCites statutes, regulations, or legal obligations.

How hard it is to set aside

A2 moderate: Hard to dismiss — it shows cause and effect.

Owed an answer on Analytical gap.

Standard dismissals it defeats

Misreads the proposal The agency says the comment misunderstands what is proposed. Defeated when the comment engages the proposal or a named place directly.
No cause and effect shown The agency says the comment asserts a harm without showing how the action causes it. Defeated when the comment shows the mechanism.
Outside the scope The agency says the comment asks about a different action. Defeated when the comment is specific and tied to this proposal.

Still open to the agency

Alternative already eliminated The agency says it considered and eliminated the alternative the comment proposes, with a reason. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Already addressed The agency says its analysis already covers the point. Defeated when the comment cites the law itself: there is no analysis to cite against a statutory claim.
Deferred to a later decision The agency says the point belongs to a later, site-specific decision. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Not required The agency says the analysis the comment asks for is not required. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Preference noted The agency notes the comment as a statement of preference and takes no action on it. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Certified not substantive The agency certifies the comment raises nothing substantive. Defeated when the comment alleges illegality, which is substantive by the definition the certification runs on.

Topics

Environmental Protection Biodiversity
- “destroy our wildlife”
- “no longer protected or respected”
- “how many species have been endangered”
- “we have no more trees or animals to spare”
Water Quality Quantity
- “Without protected waters”
- “clean system to drink from”
- “how will any ecosystem survive”
Forest Management Wildfire
- “increase the wildfire chance”
- “take away only a few trees”
- “animals will have to migrate”
Legal Regulatory Framework
- “Absence of Quantified Nationwide Cumulative Timber Harvest, Road Construction, Sedimentation, and Fragmentation Analysis”
- “Draft EIS states the purpose of the proposed rescission”
- “rescission would lift the 2001 Rule's prohibitions”

The comment

i am 15 years of age and not very political. i’m not political because all of the politics suck. the world is becoming more corrupt and chaotic as the days continue, with crazy leaders controlling and servallancing our every move it’s not surprising they want to destroy our wildlife. The things that created us, what natives and nomadic people used for centuries to survive, is no longer protected or respected. The leaders want change and an infinite world but our nature is life. Nature is life and without it we are nothing, we cannot be. Without protected waters or any clean system to drink from how will any ecosystem survive? If we take away only a few trees that means only a few animals will have to migrate and it will increase the wildfire chance just by a little bit, but if we multiply this by how many acres of land that has been invaded and how many species have been endangered because of our careless actions, we have no more trees or animals to spare. We have no money to give no voice in our government and no way to go back from all of this. I beleive that my voice matters because if there’s one of me, theres many others that agree with me and want to help the world and support life. the nature, the animals, fresh air, the fertile soil, the beaches, trees, waterfalls, they all matter just as much as i do. We are all everything together and it’s depressing so many humans settle to living a miserable life when they can actaully support a better future. I know i can’t vote, but i can pick up litter i can stop contributing to profit of industrialization and i can make a difference. Organizations like yours and plenty others that contribute to saving and raising awareness for the world encourage me to be the best i can and help me see beauty in this uniform society. Absence of Quantified Nationwide Cumulative Timber Harvest, Road Construction, Sedimentation, and Fragmentation Analysis The Draft EIS states the purpose of the proposed rescission in terms of "changing and localized conditions, such as increasing wildfire risk, the spread of insect and disease infestations, and the need for community protection in the wildland-urban interface" (DEIS Vol. I, p. 18), and asserts that the 2001 Roadless Rule "has contributed to the lack of active management of the national forests" (p. 19). The rescission would lift the 2001 Rule's prohibitions from approximately 44.7 million acres of National Forest System lands, with a potentially affected environment of 40.1 million acres under alternative 2 and 27.2 million acres under alternative 3 (p. 29).