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Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation, Dear Honorable Administrators or Directors, I trust that above all things you value the life forms of Earth ( humans, wildlife, nature ). Businesses, corporations, logging and mining are not life forms. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's is proposing a complete rollback of the 2001 Roadless Rule, I ask you to resist making this change. This is a move that harms life forms of Earth of which nature's rivers and federal lands deserve protections and wise and necessary use only. Since 2001, the Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of national forest lands that form the headwaters of some of the nation's most critical drinking water sources. Roadless areas safeguard more than 80,000 miles of rivers and streams, protecting fish and wildlife habitat and helping ensure clean drinking water for more than 25 million Americans, including residents of Denver, Atlanta, and Bozeman. Please reconsider Your proposal and keep the Roadless Rule as it is: a significant protection for rivers, clean water, for the benefit of wildlife, humans and nature, across the country. Most Respectfully Steve Tingen Chantilly, VA 20151 Sincerely, , VA 20151 steven_tingen@hotmail.com Sincerely, Mr. Steve Tingen