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Date: October 6, 2026
To:
Public Comments Processing
Attn: Docket No. FS-2025-0001
U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20250
Subject: Public Comment on Proposed Rule: Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation (Docket ID: FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD61)
To Whom It May Concern:
I strongly oppose the repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule.The rule has broad bipartisan support throughout the electorate. About 99% of submitted comments regarding the recent proposed repeal have urged backcountry protection to remain in place. Findings from the USDA’s own draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) indicate that repealing the rule is likely to cause economic and environmental harm. More roads will increase human caused wildfire risks, harm old growth forests and degrade water quality due to increased runoff. On Sept 3, 2026 a bipartisan group of 164 US Senators and Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, in support of the Roadless Rule. New roads in Wilderness Areas will fragment and degrade habitats, increasing blockage of seasonal migrations, thus causing a decline in species abundance.
In 1863, in the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln said: "...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Please listen to the people and allow the Roadless Rule to stand!