FS-2025-0001-564910

Please see enclosed Technical Comments of NRDC et al. with attachments, Part 1 of 27, submitted on behalf of Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Southern Environmental Law Center, Standing Trees, The Western Environmental Law Center, The Wilderness Society, WildEarth Guardians, 350 Eugene, 350 Seattle, Advocates for Snake Preservation, Alaska Environment, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Alpine Lakes Protection Society, Biofuelwatch, Bird Alliance of Southwestern New Mexico, California Land Watch, Californians for Western Wilderness, CalWild, Cascadia Wildlands, Central Oregon LandWatch, Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, Chattooga Conservancy, Cherokee Forest Voices, Coalition to Protect America's National Parks, Coast Range Association, Connecticut River Conservancy, Conservation Northwest, Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, Continental Divide Trail Coalition, Council for the Bighorn Range, Diné C.A.R.E., Earth Neighborhood Productions, Environment America, Environmental Law & Policy Center, EPIC (Environmental Protection Information Center), Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE), Forests Forever, Friends of Animals, Friends of Bell Smith Springs, Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument, Friends of Shenandoah Mountain, Friends of the Inyo, Friends of the Wild Swan, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Georgia ForestWatch, Grand Canyon Trust, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Habitat Education Center, Heart of the Gila, Idaho Conservation League, Kettle Range Conservation Group, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Laura Ouellette, Lewis GrassRope, Los Padres ForestWatch, Maryland Ornithological Society, Massachusetts Forest Watch, MountainTrue, National Parks Conservation Association, Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund, New Mexico Wild, Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness, Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Old-Growth Forest Network, Oregon Wild, People and Carnivores, Polly Dyer Seattle Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Quiet Use Coalition, Resource Renewal Institute, RESTORE: The North Woods, Rockbridge Conservation, Rocky Mountain Wild, Save Massachusetts Forests, Save Our Canyons, Sierra Club, Snowlands Network, Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, South Seattle Climate Action Network, Swan View Coalition, Inc., The Forest Advocate, The Rachel Carson Council, Umpqua Watersheds, Virginia Wilderness Committee, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Western Slope Conservation Center, Wild Connections, Wild Hope, Wild Montana, Wild Northwest, Wild Virginia, Willamette Riverkeeper, Winter Wildlands Alliance, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Wyoming Wilderness Association, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, and Yaak Valley Forest Council.