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Save Gauley Mountain

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The 44th President of the United States, and West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III

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# 2,763:

4:18 pm PDT, Jul 3, Catherine Fortunato, Maryland

# 2,762:

10:09 am PDT, Jul 3, Lawrence Krantz, Minnesota
Mountaintop removal mining must be stopped. It is a primary contributor to a legacy we will all regret someday soon. We need to search for other alternatives for employment and energy. Let's make the hard choices now while we can preserve resources for our children. We can pay that price with pride and a sharing of the costs involved.

# 2,761:

8:37 am PDT, Jul 3, Kosmas Koukoulis, Maryland

# 2,760:

4:53 am PDT, Jul 3, Christopher Barker, Maryland
To whom it may concern: For several years now I have been making annual trips to the Gualey River area. Every year I am continually impressed by the absolute beauty of this part of our country. I am also impressed by the many wonderful people that are drawn to this area every year for it's world class recreation. What a shame it will be if this mining project is allowed to proceed. There is no doubt that it would adversely effect the area, and discourage thousands of annual visitors. The question that West Virginia regulators need to ask themselves is, "Is it worth sacrificing such a respected area of your state for the short term gains of mining". I sincerely hope that the answer is no. -C. Graham Barker

# 2,759:

5:01 pm PDT, Jul 2, George Ragland, New York
My family comes from the communities that are now being destroyed by mountaintop removal. . . permanent environmental devastation all in the name of greed.

It's important to me because the devastation caused by mountaintop removal is destroying the environmental health AND the economic future of the communities where it occurs. I have a real problem with that, as I think our elected leaders should.

# 2,758:

4:48 pm PDT, Jul 1, John Wilkerson, Maryland

# 2,757:

8:59 am PDT, Jul 1, Mike Early, Kentucky

# 2,756:

7:08 pm PDT, Jun 30, Yvonne Tannous, West Virginia
Every time I go "home" to visit family more and more of what makes it feel like home is gone. For what...a short lived economic up turn and a scar that can NEVER be healed. You can never return it to what it was. West Virginia is selling itself bit by bit and polluting what is left of it's land all for a few bread crumbs.

Haven't we done enough to the environment. When are we going to stop killing what is left in the name of jobs and money?

# 2,755:

9:36 pm PDT, Jun 28, Edward Carley, Colorado

# 2,754:

10:50 pm PDT, Jun 26, Robert Baker, Colorado

# 2,753:

7:09 am PDT, Jun 26, Denis Bogan, Virginia

# 2,752:

5:31 am PDT, Jun 26, Arnold Sherman, Colorado

# 2,751:

4:45 pm PDT, Jun 23, Lisa Perera, Virginia

# 2,750:

1:00 am PDT, Jun 22, Amanda Taylor, Florida

# 2,749:

6:36 pm PDT, Jun 17, Rich Gaskill, Delaware
Stripping the top off any mountain is not what we need to do to find natural resources to supply electric for the US. I always find it interesting that West Virginia's Senior Senator almost lawys votes against oil exploration in Alaska while allowing his own state to be desimated by the coal industry. Stop it now.

# 2,748:

12:17 pm PDT, Jun 15, Kristi Coleman, West Virginia
use alternate sources instead of making the coal companies richer! stop the corruption!

protect what mother earth gave you!

# 2,747:

9:38 am PDT, Jun 15, Scarlett Anderson, Florida
I grew up in Greenbrier County WV and still consider the mountains my home. I have kayaked, mountain biked, rafted, and hiked all over this area and don't want moutaintop removal to destroy such a special place in our state.

# 2,746:

12:45 am PDT, Jun 13, Christina Moore, South Carolina
I grew up in Fayette County in Cannelton Hollow and then my family moved Ansted. All of my family still lives on Gauley Mountain or in the Upper Kanawha Valley. Please do not allow this place to be destroyed by strip mining.

I have a three year old daughter that I want to be able to take home to West Virginia and show her the beauty that is not found in any other state. If we allow strip mining to continue there will not be any thing for our children to return to for their roots, family history, or sense of home.

# 2,745:

2:59 pm PDT, Jun 12, Name not displayed, Florida
Gauley mountain is beautiful and is the whole reason i go to west Virginia. I have whitewater rafted down the gauley and attended bridge day, and the thing that i remember most was the beautiful scenery.

It is important so future generations can see how beautiful the mountain is.

# 2,744:

11:31 pm PDT, Jun 11, Jennifer Holloway, North Carolina

# 2,743:

12:58 pm PDT, Jun 11, Jacqueline Brown, West Virginia
Every year, maybe two or three times a year, my family and I go to Hawks Nest and the Gauley Bridge. I love to look at the mountain and the bridge. If the mountain is gone, then why have the bridge. It goes hand in hand!

It takes away from the beauty of the earth that God has formed. And the beauty of the State

# 2,742:

11:20 am PDT, Jun 11, Nancy Anderson Goodridge, North Carolina
Responsible companies respect local communities and anticipate (and avoid) irrational environmental destruction. Landscapes belong to more than this generation, which has already inflicted more damage than several generations can repair.

Severe habitat loss has displaced more than the species that used to be there - it has harmed local populations and stolen their heritage. It doesn't take higher math to realize the future, unless we change habits, will be bleak.

# 2,741:

9:26 am PDT, Jun 11, J. Thomas Morgan, North Carolina

# 2,740:

6:02 am PDT, Jun 11, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 2,739:

6:58 pm PDT, Jun 9, Linda Jennings, Michigan

# 2,738:

2:28 pm PDT, Jun 9, Betty Skaggs, Texas
As a native West Virginian, I am saddened by the destruction of the beautiful mountains. I think that the price WV is paying for energy is way too high. Please stop surface mining and destroying the natural beauty of the state.

# 2,737:

7:15 pm PDT, Jun 8, Chuck North, Colorado
Unbelievable, this makes me want to vomit. West Virginia is going to allow the removal of the mountain top that is on their quarter? I do not know who exactly is in charge of this or who is going to stop it, but both parties need to read The Monkey Wrench Gang. Situations such as this make good people do some pretty bad things. My people are from this mountain. I went to school at Glenville State College and have worked and played on the Gauley and New Rivers for over the last decade. This act of evil cannot happen. These people obviously need to go to on an educational field trip to the top of Fire Tower just adjacent to Gauley Mountain and check the beauty that will be destroyed and poisened if this is not stopped!

# 2,736:

11:42 am PDT, Jun 8, Yvonne Skaggs, New Jersey
Please save Gauley Mountain. We want alternative engery solutions not the destruction of our mountains.

# 2,735:

10:09 am PDT, Jun 8, John Skaggs, West Virginia
I urge you to oppose this project. My family has been in the area for generations. There should be no mining in view of the Gorge, the bridge or the area.

The short term gain will be offset by the long term cost.

# 2,734:

12:17 am PDT, Jun 8, Tatiana Costa, Brazil

# 2,733:

6:25 am PDT, Jun 6, James Wallace, Virginia

# 2,732:

5:57 pm PDT, Jun 5, EDWARD MEISSNER, Florida
This is just insane and ignorant, in the big picture it'll be counter-productive. In today's economy ecotourism and just tourism in general is going to be the lifeblood of states such as WV.

# 2,731:

6:35 pm PDT, Jun 4, JoAnne Peach, Virginia
I grew up in WV and now live in VA. Everytime I fly over southern WV/VA and see the denuded mountains, I want to be sick. My daughter calls it "rape of the land". How in the world can this destruction be permitted? I am baffled that anyone in WV or others who have experienced the natural beauty of the area could allow this to occur without complete outrage. Aside from the esthetic scars, the affects on regional water and other ecosystems will be devastating. No amount of reclamation can undo this disaster. Please stop the horrors this stripping will bring.

# 2,730:

10:16 am PDT, Jun 4, Cindy Hayes, Ohio
Do you want your voice to be heard? Speak up, and leave a comment. Every opinion counts!

Why is stopping mountaintop removal important to you?

# 2,729:

11:45 am PDT, Jun 3, Name not displayed, West Virginia
I believe it has an adverse impact on the communities below the mountains; whether it's creating toxic soils and waters, killing trees and wildlife or causing rain runoff to flood homes and businesses. Mountain top mining is not worth killing the beauty of the "Mountain State".

# 2,728:

3:06 am PDT, Jun 2, Ed Darrell, Texas
Tourism is a sustainable industry there. Let's keep West Virginia relatively green.

# 2,727:

3:51 pm PDT, May 31, Angela Smith, Colorado

# 2,726:

3:42 pm PDT, May 31, Shaina Muth, Florida

# 2,725:

12:25 am PDT, May 30, Sheila Sawyer, California

# 2,724:

1:00 pm PDT, May 27, Casey McQueen, North Carolina
We cannot allow mtr to continue in the Appalachian Mountains! Humans are getting sick and dying from the effects of this type of mining! It has to come to an end!

# 2,723:

9:04 pm PDT, May 26, Shelley Collett, West Virginia

# 2,722:

11:47 am PDT, May 26, Name not displayed, North Carolina

# 2,721:

7:22 am PDT, May 26, Lorri Patterson, Ohio
The beauty of West Virginia is in its untouched wilderness and it would be criminal to destroy it. This is the homeplace of my people on my father's side of the family and my great grandmother would be devastated to hear of this atrocity. I implore you to spare Gauley Mountain and West Virginia!

# 2,720:

10:18 am PDT, May 23, Timothy Newton, Tennessee

# 2,719:

5:25 pm PDT, May 22, Judith Hennessey, Ohio

# 2,718:

8:05 am PDT, May 22, Lisa Plummer, Virginia
Almost Heaven. West Virginia. Let's keep it that way.

# 2,717:

4:23 am PDT, May 22, Justin McKinniss, Ohio

# 2,716:

11:14 pm PDT, May 21, Lauren Oholendt, Texas

# 2,715:

7:47 pm PDT, May 21, Josh Krynock, North Carolina
I loved rafting and the sheer beauty of those mountains when I visited. I think we really need to look at what we're doing and how it will affect the earth after we're gone. I know it sounds cliche but I'm concerned about having kids in a world where there's nothing left because their parents wanted energy and convenience.

# 2,714:

5:18 pm PDT, May 21, Keith Gleason, Tennessee
Mining is bad enough but when you destroy the mountians you destroy the mountians themselves that just criminal in my opnion. Here's an idea, instead of destorying our natural treasures let's invest that money into finding an alternative to ossil fuels for our energy.

# 2,713:

4:58 pm PDT, May 21, Rebecca SChultz, North Carolina

# 2,712:

11:51 am PDT, May 21, Jessica Long, West Virginia

# 2,711:

11:35 am PDT, May 21, Jeremiah Satterfield, New Mexico
As a native of West Virginia I am always saddened when I return and see more of the states natural beauty taken away. Once the mining is complete all that is left are polluted unfit slopes of mud and dirty streams that the local populous are expected to live with.

As a rural state West Virginia is in a unique position to invest in green alternatives to meet our energy needs locally, nationally, and glabally.

# 2,710:

10:28 am PDT, May 21, Ruth Floyd, Ohio

# 2,709:

10:23 am PDT, May 21, Name not displayed, New Jersey

# 2,708:

9:59 am PDT, May 21, Jeremy Jarrell, North Carolina
ALthough I have moved away from WV, I still believe it is one of the most beautiful places in the nation. To ruin what is essentially the state's greatest asset through these harmful measures will not benefit WV or an entire nation of outdoor enthusiasts who visit, but in fact will have the opposit affect. Please do not allow this to happen.

# 2,707:

9:32 am PDT, May 21, Abigail Haffelt, North Carolina
Dear Sirs, I am devastated to hear of that the state is going to allow Mountain Top Removal on Gauley Mtn. Are you crazy??!! This will drastically impair the revenue for the states leading income: Tourism!! Not to mention that it will complete pollute the water for drinking for the residents of the state. To speak more on your level, polluting the Gauley and New Rivers will damage the states economy forever by making these rivers undesirable to tourists. WV will completely shoot itself in the foot! This will deteriorate the integrity and economy of the state's most precious resource. West Virginia is a jewel and you are going to completely destroy all that it has left. Please reconsider. This is disgusting.

I am from the Ohio Valley, went to school at Marshall University and have spent years on the Gauley River with several friends that have made a living working there. Though I live in North Carolina now, this is of personal interest to me and I am devastated.

# 2,706:

11:40 am PDT, May 20, Patrick Lynch, Kentucky
Moutain top removal must stop! I have been to new river gorge. There is not enough words to describe how beautiful West Virginia is to think that government allows moutain top removal is fustrating to say the least. How can anyone do this to nature? when will the destruction of this planet stop?

I LOVE WEST VIRGINIA!! West Virginia is great place with nature at its finest. It would be devasting to me to see these moutains destroyed for what COAL??? When we as a society learn?

# 2,705:

11:15 pm PDT, May 19, Douglas Brooks, Virginia

# 2,704:

5:58 am PDT, May 19, John Surr, Maryland

# 2,703:

3:07 pm PDT, May 18, Elaine Dannemiller, Virginia
Although I now live in Virginia, WV is my home and where I lived for 50 years. Our beauty cannot be compromised for any reason. Please keep it beautiful for my children and my children's children!!

# 2,702:

2:21 pm PDT, May 18, Laura Lee Cahill, Illinois
Stop raping and torchering the land. We don't have a lot of beautiful places left here in America. Not like the Mountains of West Virginia. Find a better way, a friendlier way.

It's just wrong. Can you put the mountains back, they way they were?????? NO!!! you can't!! Why destroy beautiful things???

# 2,701:

11:16 am PDT, May 18, Sherry Kinlaw, North Carolina

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