Re: “Preserve forests; demand the ‘Roadless Rule’ remains intact” (Jan. 12, Opinion):
In his op-ed, Niel Lawrence describes the numerous pressing causes to push for the continuation of the Roadless Rule, which was put in place to guard towards dangerous logging and industrial highway constructing.
Throughout my summer time faculty breaks, I used to be lucky to work at Yosemite Nationwide Park. I used to be raised in a small desert city and had not been uncovered to the unimaginable marvel of such magnificence as Half Dome, El Capitan and Tuolumne Meadows. With the pressures of school and monetary issues preoccupying me in the course of the college 12 months, Yosemite was a possibility to soak up not solely the richness and sumptuous magnificence but in addition the notice of the world greater than my very own private stresses.
The summer time experiences in Yosemite have given me a respect for the Earth in addition to concern for its sustainability. These pure lands haven’t escaped politics. The Roadless Rule, if scrapped, places the Earth in peril of petty self-interests. That is yet one more probability for us to talk out and arise. It could make a distinction as we’ve seen many, many instances on this final 12 months.
Jeri Shantz, Mercer Island
