Date: 9/20/25 9:00 am From: studioa via groups.io <studioa...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Conservation alert: US Forest Service ending important Roadless Rule protecting over 58 million acres of roadless land -- last day to comment
Please comment on this, even though you may have already done so.
Conecuh National Forest down toward Andalusia is in their crosshairs,
as I am sure are some others in Alabama.
Thank you!
Annabel N. MarkleAlabama Ornithological Society
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Sent: Friday September 19 2025 5:04:00PM
Subject: [ALbirds] Conservation alert: US Forest Service ending
important Roadless Rule protecting over 58 million acres of roadless
land -- last day to comment
AL Birders,
I just saw a TN-Birds note a few minutes ago about planned
elimination of the important US Forest Service Roadless Area
Conservation Rule (aka Roadless Rule). This has been in place since
2001 after years of public consultation and 1.6 million public
comments (97% in favor of the rule). The head of the Forest Service
said in June that the Roadless Rule would be rescinded. If this rule
is cancelled, over 58 million acres of previously protected federal
land will be opened for mining and logging, directly affecting North
American bird populations. A three week public comment period quietly
commenced at the end of August.
All of this is news to me, and I suspect many on this list may also
not have heard about it. Unfortunately, the comment period ends TODAY!
If you’d like to record a comment on this proposal with the Forest
Service, I found a quick method online (what I saw on TN-Birds
didn’t work well):
You can modify the text as you wish, though given the tight time
frame even sending it as is would record it as a negative comment.
Doing so will take less than a minute of your time.
