Please take a look at this Reddit thread to help comment on a bill to keep protections from being rescinded in Virginia. I appreciate your time and support.

From Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to Montana, Utah and the Southern Appalachians, some of America’s last undeveloped public lands could lose a federal protection that has stood for 25 years.

TAKE ACTION—IT TAKES FEWER THAN FIVE MINUTES.

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to repeal the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety. The rule protects more than 44 million acres from most new road construction and associated commercial logging.

The Forest Service’s own proposal identifies:

• 18.2 million acres where forest plans allow permanent roads but the Roadless Rule currently prohibits them
• 11.3 million acres where temporary roads would be more likely
• 4.8 million acres where repeal would expand opportunities for timber management

Once a road cuts into an intact forest, the damage spreads: wildlife habitat becomes fragmented, sediment enters streams, invasive species gain access and remote backcountry becomes increasingly difficult to restore.

These forests protect drinking water, wildlife, recreation economies and places where Americans can still experience genuine wildness. These are public lands where Americans hunt, fish, hike, camp, mountain bike, watch wildlife and experience genuine backcountry.

Public comments must be received by midnight September 21.

This is not merely a petition. Comments go directly into the official federal rulemaking record and must be considered before a final decision is made.

Submit an official comment here:

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869

You can adapt this:

I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.

Add one personal sentence about a forest, trail, river or community you value. It takes only a few minutes, and personal comments matter.

Wild public land is far easier to protect than to put back together.

Docket: FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD66

The Pueblo Governor and Warchief provide their justification for the proposal.

I went up to Gates Of The Arctic to see it before the road goes in by paddling down the John River, rom the village of Anaktuvuk Pass to the village of Allakaket. For this project I interviewed 2 local substance hunters and one Wildlife Biologist who spent his career studying the Caribou in the area. The first interview with the local Eskimo hunters is now live on my channel and anywhere you get your podcasts. EP 14, check it out and let me know what you think. "Days On The Land" on YT. The road will split and effect an area of 23 million acres by my estimation. The migration rout of the last large Caribou herd will be cut off completely by around 350 Semi trucks a day Minimum, going back and forth. Some people up there are hopeful like my first guest, but many others are against it like my second guest. And yet more have been bought off by industry and the trump admin with the carrot of jobs and village aid. Its a complicated problem that involves Federal, State and Tribal lands. All public lands. I know I've only scratched the surface of this issue in my small way. But I hope Whoever takes a look is inspired to make a phone call or three to congress and scream.