To the U.S. Forest Service Please protect the beautiful White River National Forest. The Thompson divide should be unavailable for oil and gas leasing because of its importance to our local communities and people! Please protect our roadless areas and place them off limits for new leasing. I support alternative B which places nearly 1.5 million acres off limits to leasing. We need think about our water, and our future. Alex Bethel Alex Bethel PO BOX 1473 Carbondale, CO 81623