Comment from Sheridan, Paul
Paul SheridanOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter opposes any revisions to FWS Part 610 that would weaken protections for wilderness areas or land eligible for wilderness designation. They argue that the current policies are necessary to preserve wilderness character and request that existing standards be maintained.
I am writing to strongly oppose any revision to FWS Part 610: “Part 610 of the Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, Wilderness Stewardship” that will weaken protection for wilderness areas, areas with wilderness characteristics, or land that has been recommended, proposed, or eligible for wilderness designation.
The current policies fulfill the agencies’ duty to manage wild and roadless areas as wilderness. Once roads and logging are admitted into these places, the wilderness character is destroyed forever.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has not offered a satisfactory justification for reversing decades of established protections. Making such substantial changes without a documented basis and against the clear weight of public objection is unacceptable.
Please preserve the existing standards in full. Continue to keep these wilderness areas wild, for the benefit of all Americans.