Comment from Chuck Rocco
AnonymousOpposeIndividual
Summary: An individual commenter opposes the proposed revision to the wilderness stewardship policy, arguing that it could weaken protections for Wilderness Study Areas and existing Wilderness. She requests that the agency preserve existing standards to ensure the continued protection of wild lands for future generations.
I strongly oppose any revision to the wilderness stewardship policy review that would weaken protection for Wilderness Study Areas, lands with wilderness characteristics, recommended wilderness, and existing Wilderness. As an older woman, I’ve enjoyed wild places for decades. Older women like me see these places as a legacy that we pass to future generations. This policy and others ensure that the Wilderness Act and the statutes governing these lands are fully implemented. The agency has offered no justification for reversing decades of policies that have benefitted families like mine. I ask that the existing standards be preserved in full, without lowering the standard of care for these lands in any way, so that our wild lands will be protected as they have been.