Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-583146

Opposes rescissionPosted October 6, 2026 On Regulations.gov

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

Topics

  • Recreation Tourism Public Use
    • “enjoy traveling, camping, and generally observing”
    • “Observing these things in their natural state without roads and human activity brings me deep peace”
    • “I really like birding and identifying native wildland plants”
  • Environmental Protection Biodiversity
    • “non-native and invasive species of plants that will harm the ecosystem”
    • “less habitat for the native plants and animals already living there”
    • “natural wonder from me or from future generations”
  • Wildlife Habitat
    • “observing the animals, plants, mosses, fungi”
    • “less habitat for the native plants and animals”
    • “birds... migrate or move down in the valley for winter from their forest homes”

What it names

National Forests
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

The comment

I oppose the Roadless Rule Change. I live near national forests in northeastern Oregon and I enjoy traveling, camping, and generally observing the animals, plants, mosses, fungi, landscape, and geological formations on national forest land. Observing these things in their natural state without roads and human activity brings me deep peace. Specifically, I really like birding and identifying native wildland plants. Earlier this year on a forest dirt road in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest - about 3 miles from the main paved road I noticed that there was at least 1 plant growing by/on the dirt road that was non-native. I worry that more roads being built on national forest land (than are already there) will bring in more non-native and invasive species of plants that will harm the ecosystem. Also more roads and human activity will mean less habitat for the native plants and animals already living there that I enjoy seeing. In the case of birds - not only do I see them in national forests but I also see the same species in my area where I live as they migrate or move down in the valley for winter from their forest homes. Please do not take this peace, beauty and natural wonder from me or from future generations; please do not rescind the Roadless Rule.

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