“wild lands are a part of who we are as Americans”
The comment
I am writing in opposition to the proposal to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This rule
should remain in place.
Our wild lands are a part of who we are as Americans. They provide habitat for our wildlife, ensure clean water, allow for backcountry recreation opportunities, and preserve spaces unpolluted, undisturbed, undestroyed by human encroachment.
These preserved spaces are vital to our own continuation as a species—clean water and air, and the basic elements of the food chain that keep us fed begin there. Rescinding the roadless rule is a shortsighted step toward our own destruction.
Sincerely, Rhonda Conley, Everett, WA 98203