Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-577452

Opposes rescissionPosted October 6, 2026 On Regulations.gov

Exact copy — Byte-identical to another submission. This comment stands for 2 submissions in its group.

Not scored for substance: the comment does not clear the floor of substantive signal.

Topics

Recreation Tourism Public Use
- “avid hiker, mountain biker, and cross country skier”
- “out on trails in the Deschutes National Forest often”
- “value the wilderness”
Wildlife Habitat
- “Wildlife needs areas without roads”
- “for their safety and for habitat”
Forest Management Wildfire
- “understand the threat of wildfires”
- “roadless areas have fewer human-caused wildfire ignitions”
- “Adding roads will only further strain the FS”

What it names

National Forests: Deschutes National Forest Deschutes National Forest

The comment

I oppose the effort to fully or partially rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I am an avid hiker, mountain biker, and cross country skier. I am out on trails in the Deschutes National Forest often and I value the wilderness for so many reasons: We own a home in Bend, Oregon and understand the threat of wildfires. Data shows that roadless areas have fewer human-caused wildfire ignitions than areas with roads. The Forest Service struggles to maintain the current FS roads in the Deschutes NF - it's not for lack of trying but rather it seems that lack of funds and staff are the cause of diminished road conditions. Adding roads will only further strain the FS. Wildlife needs areas without roads for their safety and for habitat. Please maintain the current protections and take "No Action". Thank you - Sue Gordhammer