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I’ve lived in Utah for 15 years and hope to retire here. As a regular trail runner, backcountry skier, and year-round user of local treasures including White Pine, Cardiff Fork, Days Fork, Silver Fork, Mineral Fork, Mt. Aire, Lambs Canyon, and upper Big Cottonwood Canyon, I strongly support keeping the Roadless Rule in place. New roads would fragment quiet backcountry areas and wildlife habitat, increase erosion and sediment in important watersheds, and completely change the untouched character of these places. Rescinding the rule would also remove an important nationwide baseline for protecting roadless areas and shift decisions to individual forest plans and project reviews. These near-pristine, world-class landscapes are a huge part of why I value living here and showing my friends and family from out of state what makes Utah unique, and I hope they remain protected.