They facilitate air and noise pollution. Road dust covers plants, reducing photosynthesis. Road cuts disrupt ground water flow patterns. Road-cuts are road shoulders are avenues for noxious weed invasions. Precipitation evaporates from road pavement instead of percolating into the ground.
Roads provide access for slob hunters, poachers, off-road vehicles, and litterbugs.
In short, in most situations wildness and roads are mutually exclusive. Write to Coy Jemmet and ask him to immediately buy back sales. Coy Jemmet, Forest Supervisor Supervisor's Office, Rte 2, Box 475 Grangeville, ID 83530 Write to Mike Dombeck and ask him to call off all roadless area timber sales. Ask them to sponsor and vote for the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, the National Forest Protection and Restoration Act, and the Bill to Save America's Forests. The Big Wild needs your support and your enthusiasm.