Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-600387

Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Posted October 7, 2026 On Regulations.gov

Scored directly — The comment's whole text was scored on its own.

Scorecard

Each dimension is scored 0–3; the eight sum to the substance score out of 24.

Specific placeNames a specific location — from a region down to an exact creek, trail, road, or map reference.
Local knowledgeDraws on a first-hand connection to the place — visits, sustained activity, occupation, or a professional role.
EA analysisEngages the agency's environmental analysis directly.
Analytical gapIdentifies something the analysis fails to address.
EvidenceBacks claims with specific facts, data, or research.
RequestMakes a specific, actionable request of the agency.
AlternativeProposes a different course of action.
LegalCites statutes, regulations, or legal obligations.

How hard it is to set aside

A0 none: Counted, not answered.

Still open to the agency

Alternative already eliminated The agency says it considered and eliminated the alternative the comment proposes, with a reason. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Already addressed The agency says its analysis already covers the point. Defeated when the comment cites the law itself: there is no analysis to cite against a statutory claim.
Deferred to a later decision The agency says the point belongs to a later, site-specific decision. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Misreads the proposal The agency says the comment misunderstands what is proposed. Defeated when the comment engages the proposal or a named place directly.
Not required The agency says the analysis the comment asks for is not required. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
Preference noted The agency notes the comment as a statement of preference and takes no action on it. Cannot be defeated from the comment text alone.
No cause and effect shown The agency says the comment asserts a harm without showing how the action causes it. Defeated when the comment shows the mechanism.
Outside the scope The agency says the comment asks about a different action. Defeated when the comment is specific and tied to this proposal.
Certified not substantive The agency certifies the comment raises nothing substantive. Defeated when the comment alleges illegality, which is substantive by the definition the certification runs on.

Topics

Environmental Protection Biodiversity
- “forest preservation is vital to the survival of all life on earth”
- “preserve what we have for the future of all life on earth”
- “pristine wilderness”
- “impact of human overuse already in our wide open spaces”
Tribal Sovereignty
- “Tribal assessment”
- “threaten sacred sites, traditional gathering areas”
- “Tribal co-stewardship, and Tribal consent for major decisions”
- “integrates Traditional Ecological Knowledge”
Forest Management Wildfire
- “Constructing new logging roads into roadless areas will increase human-caused wildfire ignitions”
- “More roads mean more fires”
- “contradicted by many wildland firefighting organizations”
- “broadened access to a wildfire incident will be undermined”
Water Quality Quantity
- “threaten... water quality”
- “exposes previously untouched areas to industrial activity”

The comment

I oppose any change to the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Many agencies spent thousands of hours painstakingly collecting data before enacting the 2001 Rule, and there is no need to change it. It seems disingenuous to state that "the management direction for inventoried roadless areas would continue to be governed by the applicable land management plans for each unit of the National Forest System," when the Trump administration has fired 6000+ people from the Forest Service, and appointed a Timber Industry executive with no former forest service experience, to the position of Chief of the Forest Service, . The claim that building new roads and allowing new access into roadless areas is necessary for wildfire management, is contradicted by many wildland firefighting organizations, with a direct quote from FUSEE (Firefighters Unted for Safety, Ethics and Ecology); "Constructing new logging roads into roadless areas will increase human-caused wildfire ignitions by careless recreationists, criminal arsonists, or simple accidents," said Carson States, a 10-season veteran firefighter and Type 6 engine boss from Oregon. "More roads mean more fires, so the broadened access to a wildfire incident will be undermined by the increased number of wildfires that will need to be suppressed." With tens of thousands of scientists around the world agreeing that forest preservation is vital to the survival of all life on earth, the idea that more logging and more roads into pristine wilderness is somehow in anyone's best interest is ludicrous. I am in complete agreement with the Tribal assessment that " removing this layer of national protection shifts the unsustainable burden of project-level review onto their limited resources and exposes previously untouched areas to industrial activity, mining interests, and destructive recreational access, all of which threaten sacred sites, traditional gathering areas, water quality, and subsistence resources." Further the " Proposed alternatives that were frequently requested: "retaining the existing rule (“No Action”) or establishing new co-management structures, such as a “Strengthened Roadless Rule Alternative” or a “Traditional Homelands Conservation Rule” that integrates Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Tribal co-stewardship, and Tribal consent for major decisions, would be critical to any change. I absolutely object to rescinding any part of The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Even though I live in a state with it's own Roadless Rule, I am a property owner in Nevada, and spend much time in the wilds of our country, and it is plain to see the impact of human overuse already in our wide open spaces. We have to preserve what we have for the future of all life on earth to survive. With deepest concern for our vital roadless wilderness, Laralee Leavitt Idaho Resident