The Forest Service must keep the Roadless Rule.
Allowing development throughout these protected forests completely disregards the people’s rights and the health of ecosystems we as humans depend on. There will be significant consequences to our water supplies, our health, biodiversity, endangered species and so much more. This rule protects over 60 million Americans from unsafe water, protects & provides habitats for over 1,600 threatened & endangered species, plants and animals. Harming or opening up development in Pisgah and Cherokee National Forest will impact my community and I directly. We as a community depend on a clean and safe water supply to drink, cook and bathe, which will be taken away with the impacts and effects of fracking, increased runoff, a depletion of groundwater and so much more. Additionally, animals such as the Bog Turtle, Timber Rattlesnake, and Northern Saw-Whet Owl are just a few amazing animals that will be put into further danger. Keep it roadless.