To the Forest Service,
In 2012, I was lucky enough to hike the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada of California with my future spouse. The trail runs through over 200 miles of roadless federal wilderness land. We hiked through the San Joaquin Roadless Wilderness Area. This hike was transformative to my life. It allowed me to lose myself in the wilderness and reconnect my soul with nature. The idea that such beauty could be destroyed by running roads through it saddens me deeply. Our public lands are the gemstones of our country. The destruction of wilderness and nature is becoming more and more prevalent each passing year due to threats like the one proposed here. We do not need these roads, but we do need places that our soul can be revived. Roadless wilderness are such places. Please do not take our wilderness from us, do not destroy these habitats, do not steal our birthright. Allow our kids to explore these places just as I did when I was young. Our roadless wilderness areas are priceless, they hold more wealth than Fort Knox, not economic, but spiritual wealth. Do not put roads through our roadless wilderness.