The Illinois River and its tributaries make up a unique Ozark ecoregion watershed in northeastern Oklahoma, with exquisite natural resource features, often in a delicate karst or cavey landscape. A riparian zone of 1.5 miles on each side should be observed by all, so that all may enjoy its water and its wildlife.
We, the undersigned, encourage the responsible entities to halt, cease and prevent the deployment of poultry facilities within the Illinois River Watershed ad its tributaries within 1.5 miles of the flood plain. That would include poultry operations (except for homeowners with 100 chickens or less), within 1.5 miles of the flood plain of the Illinois and its tributaries.
The Illinois River and its tributaries make up a unique Ozark ecoregion watershed in northeastern Oklahoma, with exquisite natural resource features, often in a delicate karst or cavey landscape. A riparian zone of 1.5 miles on each side should be observed by all, so that all may enjoy its water and its wildlife.
We, the undersigned, encourage the responsible entities to halt, cease and prevent the deployment of poultry facilities within the Illinois River Watershed ad its tributaries within 1.5 miles of the flood plain. That would include poultry operations (except for homeowners with 100 chickens or less), within 1.5 miles of the flood plain of the Illinois and its tributaries.
The Illinois River and its tributaries make up a unique Ozark ecoregion watershed with exquisite natural resource features, often in a delicate karst or cavey landscape. A riparian buffer zone of 1.5 miles on each side should be observed by all poultry operations, so that everyone may enjoy its water and its wildlife.
We the undersigned encourage all responsible ehntities to halt, cease and prevent the deployment of poultry facilities within the Illinois River Watershed and its tributaries within 1.5 miles of the flood plain. That includes poultry operations (except for homeowners with 100 chickens or less), within 1.5 miles of the flood plain of the Illinois and each of its tributaries.
We signed the "Ban poultry CAFOs for 1.5 miles from the Illinois River & its Tributaries" petition!
# 264:
7:22 am PDT, Oct 22,Susannah Livingood, Oklahoma
# 263:
7:02 pm PDT, Oct 21,Pamelia Ferry, Oklahoma
do it for all future generations, clean water is MUST
# 262:
11:24 am PDT, Sep 16,Julie Scott, Oklahoma
# 261:
10:35 am PDT, Sep 16,Karen Brown, Oklahoma
# 260:
10:09 am PDT, Sep 8,Name not displayed, Oklahoma
# 259:
8:24 pm PDT, Sep 5,Gregory Swartz, Missouri
# 258:
12:28 pm PDT, Sep 5,Rachel Sipp, Oregon
# 257:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 5,Robin Jackson, Oklahoma
# 256:
7:18 am PDT, Sep 4,Gary Wickham, Oklahoma
If this involved automotive or any other manufacturing industry, this would have been stopped years ago. The chicken industry can surely afford to do the right thing. This is a simple matter of greed.
gwick35@yahoo.com
# 255:
6:23 am PDT, Sep 4,Kelly Couch, Oklahoma
Please preserve our river. It is one of our greatest assets in an economically deprived area. A beautiful, healthy river stabilizes real estate value, creates vacation and recreation revenue, and maintains our ecosystem. Let's be smart about poultry facility waste. This is not the place to dump!
# 254:
6:22 am PDT, Sep 4,Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin
# 253:
1:59 pm PDT, Sep 3,Ramona Jackson, Oklahoma
I want clean drinking water. Not chemicals used to get rid of the nastys in it.
# 252:
9:33 am PDT, Sep 3,Amy Morris, Oklahoma
# 251:
4:21 am PDT, Sep 3,Laurie Swarer, Oklahoma
This is a huge problem throughout NE Oklahoma and around the country. See the movie Shall We Gather At The River. Also notice the e-coli outbreaks in NE Oklahoma in the past year or so, well water contaminations, closing of entire campground at Lake Eucha and condo community at Grand Lake, etc.
# 250:
9:22 am PDT, Sep 2,Carol Hart, Oklahoma
If you would like to say a few words to the Gov, the Scenic Rivers Commissioners, The Oklahoma Ag Dept., Tyson, Cobb-Vantress and Big Chicken, put your comments here.
Would you like to receive updates? If so, send your email address to kathytibbits@yahoo.com
# 249:
8:53 am PDT, Sep 2,Name not displayed, Kentucky
As a regular visitor and former citizen of the Illinois river basin in Oklahoma, I support all measures to preserve and cleanly maintain the river and its tributaries. If not for the current citizens then, please, consider future generations and the impact your decisions today will have on them.
# 248:
8:27 am PDT, Sep 2,Cynthia Sutton, Oklahoma
# 247:
8:55 am PDT, Sep 1,Name not displayed, Oklahoma
# 246:
8:22 am PDT, Sep 1,Ginger Fast, Oklahoma
# 245:
7:35 am PDT, Sep 1,Name not displayed, Oklahoma
# 244:
7:14 pm PDT, Aug 31,James Wagner, Oklahoma
# 243:
6:59 pm PDT, Aug 31,Kelli Groblewski, Oklahoma
# 242:
5:04 pm PDT, Aug 31,Maggie Burnside, Oklahoma
# 241:
3:26 pm PDT, Aug 31,Kristi Shreve, Oklahoma
Please help keep chicken waste away from our beautiful Illinois River!
# 240:
1:24 pm PDT, Aug 31,Jonathan Bolzle, Oklahoma
# 239:
12:49 pm PDT, Aug 31,Name not displayed, Oklahoma
# 238:
12:02 pm PDT, Aug 31,Susan Forman, Oklahoma
With the challanges Oklahoman's and all U.S. Citizens are already beginning to experience because of Environmental Pollution and Global Warming this issue should not even be in question. Keep the Illinois River and its tributaries prestine and Industrial Size Chicken Waste Free! Please, for our sake and the sake of future generations of Oklahoman's and for a beautiful, healthy environment protect one of Oklahoma's most precious areas. So many have already been spoiled.
# 237:
11:50 am PDT, Aug 31,Kimberly Taylor, Oklahoma
# 236:
10:37 am PDT, Aug 31,Name not displayed, Oklahoma
# 235:
7:41 am PDT, Aug 31,Stephen Kovash, Oklahoma
# 234:
7:14 am PDT, Aug 31,Henry Peplowski, Oklahoma
# 233:
5:17 pm PDT, Aug 30,Linda Zoldoske, Oklahoma
It's a shame that we have to ask for governmental protection but the damage done to the Illinois River is very evident to anyone who has been around it. If big business (or small businesses) will not keep clean on their own we have to have regulations.
# 232:
3:40 pm PDT, Aug 30,Christopher Carroll, Illinois
# 231:
11:07 am PDT, Aug 30,Jean Mcmahon, Oklahoma
This is a very popular River.The poultry Industry has all kinds of legal tricks to get their way..Please help..
# 230:
10:45 am PDT, Aug 30,Leslie Moyer, Oklahoma
# 229:
10:25 pm PDT, Aug 29,Daniel Johnson, Oklahoma
A few words spring to mind but you've probably heard 'sellout' and 'chickenshit' so often they wouldn't have much effect. So let me just remind you that you are supposed to be working for live human beings - the People. Please remember that no matter how large the bribe, I mean 'contribution', you have NO duty to non-human bloodless corporations that seek only money.
# 228:
8:48 pm PDT, Aug 29,Kimberly Davis, Oklahoma
# 227:
1:40 pm PDT, Aug 27,Barbara McClelland, Arkansas
# 226:
7:38 am PDT, Aug 27,Clark Landrum, Louisiana
# 225:
10:36 am PDT, Aug 26,Kevin Davis, Oklahoma
Im removing poultry from my menu until band is in EFFECT! "COME AN JOIN ME PEOPLE" no game for this unplague pilgrim.KDD!
# 224:
8:35 am PDT, Aug 26,Alessandro Barracciu, Italy
# 223:
8:24 am PDT, Aug 26,Laura Tatti, Italy
# 222:
8:01 am PDT, Aug 26,Jan Klopp, Oklahoma
# 221:
10:28 am PDT, Aug 25,TERRY TIDWELL, Oklahoma
# 220:
9:50 am PDT, Aug 25,Sara Klopp, Texas
# 219:
6:30 am PDT, Aug 25,Jody Klopp, Oklahoma
# 218:
2:29 am PDT, Aug 25,Joseph Ransdell-Green, Alaska
# 217:
12:23 am PDT, Aug 25,Beth Leinau, Oklahoma
# 216:
3:01 pm PDT, Aug 24,Eric Bussey, Arizona
# 215:
3:00 pm PDT, Aug 24,Charlotte Ice, Texas
# 214:
2:59 pm PDT, Aug 24,Jade DeKinder, Texas
# 213:
2:27 pm PDT, Aug 24,Laura DuBow, California
# 212:
2:06 pm PDT, Aug 24,Marilyn Faulkner, Texas
As an Oklahoma native, I ask that you support legislation and actions that oppose the spread of pollution, especially from hog farms and poultry factories. I urgently request that you support the protection of Oklahoma's natural environment and its fragile balance.
# 211:
2:02 pm PDT, Aug 24,Dara Burge, Oklahoma
# 210:
11:21 am PDT, Aug 24,Janea Davis, Oklahoma
# 209:
10:02 am PDT, Aug 24,Waco Howard, Oklahoma
# 208:
9:02 am PDT, Aug 24,Kent Hawkins, Oklahoma
Please block this company from coming in and spoiling our enviroment even further. Do it for our children and their children and not is financially enticing to these big companies. Thank you.
