I oppose the proposal to fully or partially rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I grew up living next to the White Mountain National Forest and consider myself so lucky to have had that access to nature and places to explore that are beyond beautiful. I can’t imagine having these places destroyed and not left as is for those that come behind us.
This would disrupt and be so harmful to wildlife who need this room to survive and are a vital part of our ecosystem. It would also ruin the economy that these remote places rely on for people recreating.
For the reasons listed above, fully or partially rescinding the Roadless Rule under Alternatives 2 and 3 of the draft EIS would be a mistake. Again I oppose the proposal to rescind or alter the Roadless Rule, and support “Alternative 1, the No Action alternative.”