“over 600,000 people submitting comments... in support of keeping the rule”
The comment
Hello Lawmakers,
Please consider that these forests are refuges filled with pure water, untouched clean soil, and untamed wilderness that reminds us of the country our forefather worked so hard to give us. If we remove these protections we set in motion a set of action which will lead to the looting of their beauty for resources which will buy us nothing in the longterm but destroy forever their beauty. These lands are a gift which has been left to us and it is our job to leave them to our children. We can log already developed lands more responsibly we dont need to cut down these forests. We can reinvest in our crumbling infrastructure in our cities and towns, we do not need more infrastructure in places where it will benefit no one but the companies who will eventually use them to loot and destroy. It will cost us so everything and ultimately gain us nothing.
Please do this for all those who will come after us,
Thank you
The Forest Service should keep the Roadless Rule intact exactly as it is. Do not weaken or repeal this critical policy.
National forests are the heart of our public lands. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects some of the wildest forests we have left, forests that protect critical wildlife habitat and drinking water for millions. Revoking the Roadless Rule puts landscapes, wildlife, and communities at risk.
Not only is the Roadless Rule good policy, it's also wildly popular across the country, with over 600,000 people submitting comments to the US Forest Service last year in support of keeping the rule in place. And more than 20 years ago, the American people overwhelmingly called for our national forests to be protected for future generations. Revoking the Roadless Rule would destroy the natural inheritance we leave for our children.