Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-594084

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
    • “Americans and tourists flock to these areas to get away from the hustle”
    • “grew up recreating in Monongahela National Forest”
    • “As more and more people are exploring our National Parks and Forests, we need to protect these lands so they still have somewhere to go”
  • Environmental Protection Biodiversity
    • “preserve these lands for generations to come”
    • “protect the few remote and untouched areas we have left”
    • “lose major pieces of our country's natural history”

What it names

National Forests
Monongahela National Forest

The comment

The Roadless Rule is what makes so many wilderness areas across the United States so special. Many Americans and tourists flock to these areas to get away from the hustle, breathe some fresh air, and take in these unique lands that make the U.S so special. The United States has a rich conservation history and should preserve these lands for generations to come. I grew up recreating in Monongahela National Forest and fell in love with the outdoors in Dolly Sods. The limited infrastructure and lack of paved roads is what makes the forest so special. I want my children and their children to be able to climb to the top of Lions Head and look out to see only the landscape I saw as a child. We need to protect the few remote and untouched areas we have left. Once developed, they will never truly be the same, and we will lose major pieces of our country's natural history. There is something special in knowing that the backcountry area you're in has only been changed by forces of nature and erosion, not human intervention. As more and more people are exploring our National Parks and Forests, we need to protect these lands so they still have somewhere to go. Thank you..

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