“keep the Roadless Rule in place exactly as it is”
“following Alternative 1 (No Action)”
“minimal evidence that removal of the Roadless rule would have a benefit”
The comment
I urge you to keep the Roadless Rule in place exactly as it is. Right now is not the time to change this significant piece of legislation. There is minimal evidence that removal of the Roadless rule would have a benefit to the citizens of the USA. I support the Roadless Rule and believe it is an important safegaurd.
I was recently traveling outside of the US, and I have seen first hand the negative impact of dirty water and disregard for clean forests and streams. There is an immeasurable value in keeping our wild places wild. The Roadless Rule safeguards clean drinking water for millions of Americans, provides vital habitat for threatened species and sustains old-growth and mature forests that serve as critical natural resources when they are kept clean and intact. The Roadless Rule also protects access to popular climbing, fishing, hiking, backcountry skiing, snowmobiling, dirt biking, mountain biking and paddling sites. All of which function as economic pillars for communities and people who live in the USA.
Removing the Roadless Rule would be a short term benifit to small number of corperate interests that are made up partly of people outside our country.
Please keep the Roadless Rule intact and help protect our legacy of public lands by following Alternative 1 (No Action).
Thank you,
Nickolas Joseph Wagner
3010 Langohr Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715