Comment Analysis · Docket FS-2025-0001

FS-2025-0001-611504

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

Water Quality Quantity
- “Drinking water: 60 million Americans rely on national forests for drinking water”
- “intact forests filter water naturally”
Wildlife Habitat
- “Wildlife habitat: habitat for salmon, trout, elk, and other species”
- “depend on undammed, unlogged streams and connected landscapes”
Forest Management Wildfire
- “Wildfire risk: wildfires are 4x more likely to start near roads”
- “roughly 90% of wildfires start within half a mile of a road”
Climate Carbon Storage
- “Old growth & carbon storage”
- “contains vast swaths of the country's remaining old-growth forest and significant carbon storage”

What it names

National Forests: Chugach National Forest

The comment

As an Alaskan resident, I advocate to maintain Chugach National Forest protection and urge you to uphold the Roadless Rule. Maintaining this rule is critical for several, basic reasons: Drinking water: 60 million Americans rely on national forests for drinking water; intact forests filter water naturally Wildlife habitat: habitat for salmon, trout, elk, and other species that depend on undammed, unlogged streams and connected landscapes Wildfire risk: wildfires are 4x more likely to start near roads; roughly 90% of wildfires start within half a mile of a road — directly rebuts the administration's stated rationale Old growth & carbon storage: contains vast swaths of the country's remaining old-growth forest and significant carbon storage Fiscal responsibility: the existing road network already carries an $8.5+ billion maintenance backlog; building more roads adds to it Thank you for your consideration.