Dear Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation,
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I am writing alongside many like-minded individuals who care deeply about national parks and the public lands that sustain them, urging you to choose the No Action alternative and keep the Roadless Rule in place.
The Roadless Rule has protected roughly 44.7 million acres of ecologically intact national forest lands for over two decades, including areas near Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Great Smoky Mountains national parks. These wild places safeguard clean water and air, provide essential wildlife habitat, support outdoor recreation, and help keep park ecosystems connected and healthy, the very ecosystems of which all life depends on- us humans included.
Rescinding the rule puts our public lands at risk, exposing these treasured and sacred landscapes to new roads and development, fragmenting habitat, degrading waterways, and doing immediate and long-term irreparable harm. Many public lands are already available for timber and energy development. Roadless protections apply to only about 30% of National Forest lands, making these remaining intact areas especially important for future generations. We are at a very critical time in our brief history as humans on this planet, in which each and every decision we make concerning the only home we have and share with other beings will define our future. We are facing an existential crisis, and now more than ever, we need and must protect the lands, waters and biodiversity that sustain the delicate balance that is life on Earth.
Please do not move forward with this unnecessary rollback. Keep the Roadless Rule in place to protect the forests, wildlife, clean water, national parks, and our future.
Thank you for your time.
Blanca Diaz Alejandro
6821 Udall Pl. SE
Auburn, WA 98092
Sincerely,
Blanca Diaz Alejandro