Nearly 224,000 people and organizations spoke out and mostly opposed the Trump administration’s plan to scrap protections from logging and road-building on more than 44 million acres of national forests. But the timber and mining industries and some local governments called for opening up vast swaths of undeveloped national forests in order to give miners and loggers more access, according to public comments that were due Sept. 19….An analysis by the Center for Western Priorities, an environmental group, showed that about 99% of the comments oppose rescinding the Roadless Rule. …The Forest Service didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about the level of opposition to the Roadless Rule rollback and how it might factor into its final decision, expected soon. The agency has justified rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule because President Donald Trump wants to cut down forests, boost domestic wood products, and reduce wildfire risks across the US.