I am strongly opposed to the elimination of the roadless rule on public lands. I have lived in the Rio Grande National Forest, walking distance from the designated Weminuche Wildnerness, as well as the Coconino National Forest. There are already plenty of roads for resource extraction and recreation. More roads means more logistical, maintenance, and pollution problems. The reason these lands are protected is because they have things like nowhere else. More roads is not the answer to the problems of public lands. This was one of the most commented on and supported rules when it was proposed about twenty years ago. Do not change the rule now. It is still overwhelmingly popular with the people who live in and visit these places and surrounding communities.