I oppose the proposal to fully or partially rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I live in Vermont, near the Green Mountain National Forest, and I previously worked as a silviculture technician on the Payette National Forest in Idaho. As someone who has worked for the Forest Service, I understand the importance of National Forest’s multiple-use mission and the positive impact sustainable logging can have on forest communities and local economies. Rescinding the roadless rule, however, will negatively impact national forests and the American people that use these spaces. Building new roads will significantly inflate the existing road maintenance backlog, and higher road density is linked to human caused wildfires. Studies have found that wildfires are 4 times more likely to start near a road than in a roadless area. This proposal also heavily prioritizes resource extraction within National Forests over recreational uses. Undisturbed forests are an asset in world that is continuously losing natural spaces, and it should be a priority of our government to protect these areas.