“opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging”
“fall in line with the coal companies”
“destroying the protected lands”
What it names
Roadless areas
Cheat MountainSeneca Creek
The comment
I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule. As a West Virginian and a citizen of the United States of America, I demand that this craziness of destroying the protected lands end. This Roadless Rule does not serve anyone who cares about the land of America. The creators of this 2001 Roadless Rule are self serving and do not care about this country and the beauty of our protected lands, protected for a reason because there are too many who would deface her and fall in line with the coal companies and other corporations that have defiled our land and waters rather than fulfill their promises to protect and restore the land and waters after they got what they wanted. There is no need for this total lack of compassion and empathy in our country. Our "representatives" have broken their word to represent the people. Enough is enough.
Our national forests are public lands, our shared birthright, and they should be protected for the benefit of everyone, not opened to greater roadbuilding and commercial logging. In West Virginia, the Roadless Rule safeguards treasured places like Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, Cheat Mountain, Canaan Mountain and Tea Creek, while protecting important buffers around Dolly Sods, Otter Creek and Cranberry.
These wild, unfragmented landscapes provide clean water, wildlife habitat and irreplaceable opportunities for outdoor recreation. Once they are lost, we cannot easily restore them. Please preserve the Roadless Rule and protect our shared public lands for future generations.
Sincerely,
Mary Jane Oref
515 Greenbrier Ave White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986-2009
orefkane@hotmail.com