Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-606286

Opposes rescissionPosted October 7, 2026 On Regulations.gov

Exact copy — Byte-identical to another submission. This comment stands for 2 submissions in its group.

Not scored for substance: the comment does not clear the floor of substantive signal.

Topics

Wildlife Habitat
- “concerned about the potential effects of rescission on wildlife habitat”
- “landscape connectivity”
- “bird and wildlife photographer”
Water Quality Quantity
- “watersheds”
- “potential effects of rescission on... watersheds”
Economic Impact Fiscal
- “long-term fiscal costs associated with additional road construction and maintenance”
- “uncertainty surrounding projected timber and economic benefits”
- “existing deferred-maintenance burden for Forest Service roads and bridges”
Forest Management Wildfire
- “wildfire ignition risk”
- “agency's forest-health and wildfire justifications”

What it names

Works cited: Furniss et al. 1991

Attachments

1 file. Counts as 1 — Counts as one: The attachments enclose no one else's submissions; the comment counts as one.

Own letter

The comment

I strongly disagree with and oppose the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, Docket FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD66. As a Florida resident, mother, bird and wildlife photographer, I am deeply concerned about the potential effects of rescission on wildlife habitat, landscape connectivity, wildfire ignition risk, invasive species, watersheds, and the long-term fiscal costs associated with additional road construction and maintenance. My attached substantive comment provides supporting scientific and agency sources and asks the Forest Service to address several specific issues in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, including the cumulative effects of increased road access, the agency’s forest-health and wildfire justifications, the uncertainty surrounding projected timber and economic benefits, and the existing deferred-maintenance burden for Forest Service roads and bridges. I respectfully ask the Forest Service to consider my full attached comment and supporting sources as part of the administrative record and to retain the protections of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Thank you for considering my comment.