DESCRIPTION: Comments opposing the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
TO: Joshua White, Acting Director, Ecosystem Management Coordination; The Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture; Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service
FROM: 350 Eugene; Active San Gabriel Valley; Advocates for Snake Preservation; Alaska Environment; Alaska Wilderness League; Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA); American Hiking Society; Archaeology Southwest; Arctic Connections; Arizona Trail Association; Battle Creek Alliance & Defiance Canyon Raptor Rescue; Bikepacking Roots; Bird Alliance of Oregon; Bird Alliance of Southwestern New Mexico; Bird’s Eye View Coaching and Consulting; Bitterbrush Broadband – Great Old Broads for Wilderness; Bluedream Wildlife River Tours; Bryan Hansel Photography LLC; California Environmental Voters; Californians for Western Wilderness; CalWild; Cascadia Wildlands; Catoctin Land Trust; Central Oregon LandWatch; Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center; Chattooga Conservancy; Climate Relations LLC; Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection; Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks; Coast Range Association; Coast to Cascades Bird Alliance; Colorado Mountain Club; Colorado Public Lands Advocacy & Conservation Expertise (CO-PLACE), LLC; Connecticut River Conservancy; Conservation Law Foundation; Conservation Northwest; Continental Divide Trail Coalition; Craft Construction LLC; Defenders of Wildlife; Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society; Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance; Earth Neighborhood Productions; Earthjustice; East Cascades Bird Alliance; EcoFlight; Ely Outfitting Co.; Emerald Curtain Collective; Environment America; Environment Arizona; Environment California; Environment Colorado; Environment Florida; Environment Georgia; Environment Illinois; Environment Maine; Environment Michigan; Environment Minnesota; Environment Missouri; Environment Montana; Environment Nevada; Environment New Hampshire; Environment New Mexico; Environment North Carolina; Environment Oregon; Environment Texas; Environment Virginia; Environment Washington; Environmental Defense Center; Environmental Law & Policy Center; Forests Forever; Freeman’s Explore LLC; Friends of Animals; Friends of Bell Smith Springs; Friends of Blackwater, Inc.; Friends of Clark County; Friends of Douglas-fir National Monument; Friends of Nevada Wilderness; Friends of the Amargosa Basin; Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness; Friends of the Inyo; Friends of the West Shore (of Lake Tahoe); Friends of the Wild Swan; Friends of White’s Woods, Inc.; FUSEE (Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology); Gallatin Wildlife Association; Georgia ForestWatch; Georgia Interfaith Power and Light; Gila Native Plant Society; Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance; Great Old Broads for Wilderness; Greater Yellowstone Coalition; Green Climate; GreenLatinos; Grove Institute; Heart of the Gila; Heartwood; High Country Conservation Advocates; Idaho Rivers United; International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW); Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance; Kalmiopsis Audubon; Kentucky Heartwood; Kettle Range Conservation Group; Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Collaborative; League of Conservation Voters; Lela Rose; Lipton Landscape Design and Ecology; Los Padres ForestWatch; Maryland Ornithological Society; 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Public Lands Conservancy; Quiet Use Coalition; Resource Renewal Institute; RESTORE: The North Woods; Rockbridge Conservation; Rocky Mountain Wild; Sage Steppe Wild; Salem Audubon Society; Save Massachusetts 3; Save Our Canyons; Sequoia ForestKeeper; Seven Capes Bird Alliance; Sheep Mountain Alliance; Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition; Sierra Club; Sierra Foothills Audubon Society; Sierra Forest Legacy; Snake River Fund; Snowlands Network; Southeast Alaska Conservation Council; Southern Environmental Law Center; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; Speak For The Trees Too; Standing Trees; Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs); Sven-Saw; Swan View Coalition, Inc.; Tali Elohi; Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning (Tcwp); Tennessee Heartwood; Teton Backcountry Alliance; The Fire Restoration Group; The Forest Advocate; The Norbeck Society; The Wilderness Society; To Nizhoni Ani; Tree Action Seattle; Trees as a Public Good; Tucson Bird Alliance; Tuleyome; Umpqua Bird Alliance; Umpqua Watersheds; Upper Gila Watershed Alliance; Upper Valley Affinity Group (Vermont); UU Earth Action; Virginia Wilderness Committee; Watershed Sciences; Wendell State Forest Alliance; West Virginia Highlands Conservancy; Western Leaders Network; Western Slope Conservation Center; Whatcom Forest Watch; White Mountain Conservation League; Wiconi un tipi; Wild Arizona; Wild Connections; Wild Northwest; Wilderness Workshop; Willamette Riverkeeper; Winter Wildlands Alliance; Wisconsin Environment; Women’s Earth and Climate Action network (WECAN); Wyoming Outdoor Council; Wyoming Wilderness Association; Yaak Valley Forest Council
DATE: October 4, 2026
TAGS: USDA, USFS, national forests, public lands
