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Dear USDA Secretary Rollins,
Please accept these 165,473 public comments from members and activists of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in reference to FS-2025-0001.
I oppose your plan to roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. I urge you to reverse course and save forests.
Opening up tens of millions of acres of U.S. forests in cherished public lands like California’s Tahoe National Forest and important segments of the Appalachian Trail to destructive logging and road building is reckless.
Gutting the Roadless Rule would risk more polluted drinking water for over 25 million Americans, increased flooding, and more landslides. It would imperil recreation areas where people hunt, hike, camp, fish, climb, and paddle. It endangers irreplaceable habitat for iconic animals. And it would jeopardize the integrity of incomparable places like Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest and the nation’s largest old-growth forest. If anything, the Rule should be strengthened to better protect all the extraordinary natural values of our essential forests.
I am not letting our forests go without a fight. Preserve the Roadless Rule and protect national forests for communities who rely on them and for generations to come.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jenell Walsh-Thomas
National Digital Advocacy Campaign Manager, NRDC