I am urging you to keep the roadless rule in place. Removing the roadless rule will not help address wildfires. The roadless rule already has provisions that allow for construction of roads as needed to address fires, floods, or other catastrophic events. It even has provisions for non-emergencies such as the need to connect communities. As such, rescinding the roadless rule would not help address wildfires and in fact would likely cause more wildfires. A report by the Pacific Biodiversity Institute found that over 90% of wildfires occurred within half a mile of a road.
Furthermore, rescinding the roadless rule could cause habitat fragmentation for imperiled species. Per the US Forest Service, roadless areas provide habitat for more than 200 threatened and endangered species, including California condors, brown bears, and lynx. In Central Oregon (my home state), roadless areas provide vital habitat and migration corridors for herds of elk and mule deer. Those elk and deer provide recreation opportunities for hunters across the state of Oregon.
Finally, the creation of new roads in current roadless areas could lead to a decrease in water quality in streams and rivers that provide habitat for native trout and salmon, and clean drinking water for cities and rural communities. The city of Bend, Oregon's water is sourced from roadless areas in Deschutes National Forest and would likely be negatively impacted by the pollution caused by any construction of roads in those currently roadless areas.
For all of these reasons I urge you to keep the roadless rule in place.