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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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# 2,856:

11:46 am PST, Nov 20, Kearnan Tomlinson, South Carolina
Please stop MTR! Please do not destroy the beautiful mountainsides that make WV wild and wonderful. Please!!

I grew up in Hico West Virginia and take my small children back there each summer. I want them to be able to experience the beauty, splendor and wildlife that is WV. MTR ruins habits for animals, air quailty for all living things and the sheer beauty of one of the only natural places left in this country.

# 2,855:

1:57 pm PST, Nov 19, Katlyn Macmillan, Tennessee
Mountain top removal destroys communities and I am tired of politicans waining to the coal companies. It is time to look past capital costs and see the costs being suffered by humanity. We are killing our clean water and a future with the mountains that GOD gave us!!

# 2,854:

1:16 pm PST, Nov 18, Terry and Tonna Vanderpool, West Virginia

# 2,853:

5:27 am PST, Nov 18, Nora Graubard, Ohio

# 2,852:

9:29 pm PST, Nov 12, Name not displayed, Minnesota

# 2,851:

12:48 pm PST, Nov 5, Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin

# 2,850:

4:29 am PST, Nov 1, Barry Tuscano, Pennsylvania

# 2,849:

11:34 am PDT, Oct 29, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 2,848:

8:06 pm PDT, Oct 26, Michael Baumgardner, West Virginia
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. Henry David Thoreau

Because it's important to WV. WV is not coal, WV is people, mtns, and culture. Coal is part of that culture but destroying WV to get to it is a part that must change.

# 2,847:

3:52 am PDT, Oct 21, Jacob Hester, South Carolina
To protect wildlife and recreation.

# 2,846:

10:42 am PDT, Oct 18, DEE MORRIS, South Carolina

# 2,845:

2:43 am PDT, Oct 15, Matt Muir, New York
West Virginia is a beautiful and special state. It needs protection, and its mountains need protection. Thank you for considering this petition.

# 2,844:

2:26 pm PDT, Oct 14, Sarah Coleman, West Virginia

# 2,843:

5:29 am PDT, Oct 14, Roy Patton, Pennsylvania
These moutains are made by God. Are we now saying we can change what God made? Have we lost our minds?!!

Because it is a terrible, irreversable thing to do to nature and the wonderful scenery, besides destroying the lives of wildlife.

# 2,842:

5:02 am PDT, Oct 12, Mike McCarty, Pennsylvania
Let's not be hypocritical, Y'all. I work in t the coalfields. People there are salt of the earth types. Underground mining with its safety standards and eco standards are acceptable. Mountain top mining impacts the visual appreciation of the Mtn. State. Deep mining doesn't impact my view as much.

Remember, "Almost Heaven, West Virginia"? The ridges and the valleys are preceious. I don't mind windmills either guys. WE ALL LIKE OUR LATTES AND INDOOR HEATING SYSTEMS,don't we? Peace, out.

# 2,841:

5:48 am PDT, Oct 10, Dirk Schenck, Pennsylvania

# 2,840:

5:31 am PDT, Oct 9, Scott Bortree, Pennsylvania
We enjoy the scenic beauty of West Virginia, often paddling the rivers and hiking the trails in this area. Please don't destroy nature for a few dollars. Get at the coal the "old fashioned" way - deep mining.

# 2,839:

9:43 pm PDT, Oct 8, Lillian Lowe, Florida
Do you want your voice to be heard? Speak up, and leave a comment. Every opinion counts!

Because God made it with mountains there is nothing else like it and they need to leave the mountain tops where they are.how would you like if someone took your top off.

# 2,838:

5:40 pm PDT, Oct 8, Allison Plummer, Pennsylvania

# 2,837:

8:33 am PDT, Oct 8, William Corkery, Illinois
Anyone who spends more than an hour on a river or in an ecosystem that has been ravaged by this type of mining knows its horrid effects. It is archaic and still practiced because of greed and an unwillingness to to challenge standard practice.

# 2,836:

6:06 am PDT, Oct 8, Paul Wiegman, Pennsylvania
Mountain top mining is a travesty! The coal industry has had free rein in the mountains of WVA for a century and the legacy of destruction is everywhere. Let's not allow this last push to extract every ounce, and destroy the landscape in the path, take place. The damage to habitat and the thousands of species, invertebrates to mammals and birds, is the same as the rape of the rain forest. However it goes on without much international concern. Stop now!

# 2,835:

6:54 pm PDT, Oct 7, Frank Brown, Pennsylvania

# 2,834:

5:45 pm PDT, Oct 7, Polly Rose, Pennsylvania
Please don't destroy our beautiful country. The impact on water, air, vegetation and animals is too great to allow this to happen.

# 2,833:

3:38 pm PDT, Oct 7, Chris Lowe, Florida

# 2,832:

3:19 pm PDT, Oct 7, Jeffrey Hovis, Maryland

# 2,831:

12:25 pm PDT, Oct 7, Heather Rau, West Virginia

# 2,830:

12:06 pm PDT, Oct 7, Gary McCormick, Pennsylvania
Please don't let ANY mountain top removal mining take place. It just destroys any semblance of normalacy that is present. The chemical run off, disruption of natural water flow, disappearance of the water table, the exposure of substrate matter with no allowance for the enviroment is unthinkable.

# 2,829:

11:17 am PDT, Oct 7, Ben Badger, West Virginia
It is ridiculous that the practice of mountaintop removal is even legal. This illustrates the amount of pull the interests of the coal industry has in our nation. The resulting destruction and pollution to the surrounding areas and people is unfathomable. This needs to stop.

# 2,828:

10:50 am PDT, Oct 7, Van Plummer, Pennsylvania
Please preserve the New River Gorge and surrounding areas. They are beautiful.

# 2,827:

9:59 am PDT, Oct 7, Janice Matthew, Pennsylvania

# 2,826:

9:57 am PDT, Oct 7, John Lichter, West Virginia
As a resident of West Virginia, I understand the dependency upon coal. However, I am against mountaintop removal.

I am against moutaintop removal because of the impact it has upon the environment, watersheds and scenery in the State. We can certainly find ways to provide energy with less destruction to our planet. I watch the issue closely and will not vote for politicains who suppor the practice of mountaintop removal.

# 2,825:

9:47 am PDT, Oct 7, Jamie Hatcher, West Virginia

# 2,824:

9:31 am PDT, Oct 7, Scott Patton, Pennsylvania

# 2,823:

7:03 am PDT, Oct 7, Arthur Bradbury, New Hampshire
Destroying the earth's surface is bad enough. then there is the pollution of burning the coal, which no one seems to think important enough to control, and as if that isnt bad enough there is the toxic coal ash.

Mountaintop removal has to be the worst environment disaster imaginable. The damage it does to underground water, water drainage, and surface water flow is beyond belief, and description.

# 2,822:

5:29 am PDT, Oct 7, Name not displayed, South Carolina

# 2,821:

8:08 pm PDT, Oct 6, Mary Meininger, Pennsylvania
I come to visit West Virginia because it is one of the few Eastern states with mountains that still retains its wild character. Please preserve this treasure - the mountains are a significant part! One mountain top destroyed affects many square miles of future (long-term) tourism potential. When WV is mined in a way that destroys nature - I will stop visiting. PLEASE SAVE THE MOUNTAIN TOPS.

# 2,820:

7:54 pm PDT, Oct 6, Mark Moore, Vermont
The New River Gorge region depends on natural splendor for long term viability as a tourist destination. It would be a shame to squander a sustained future of economic development based on tourism for the short term gains offered by extractive practices that radically alter the environment. Mountain top removal is an abominable practice. It certainly should not be used in one of the best tourist areas in the state.

# 2,819:

7:23 pm PDT, Oct 6, David Rogers, Wyoming

# 2,818:

7:02 pm PDT, Oct 6, Henry Thompson, South Carolina
It is our responsibility to protect the earth. Defacing our planet must stop, and people need to open their minds to other sources of energy or restricting energy use. Implement smartgrid, change utility rates, require efficiency improvements, etc. Do something other than taking more. Sincerely, Henry E. Thompson P.E.

# 2,816:

5:06 pm PDT, Oct 6, Karen Swank Kustafik, South Carolina
My father mined ore in Pennsylvania; I understand the need to extract minerals from the earth. That said, mountaintop mining is a travesty. Once the coal is extracted and the operation shuts down, how on heaven's earth are those poor West Virginians going to make a living from their raped terrain? Certainly not from nature based tourism. Damage from acid drainage can at least be mitigated somewhat. Mountaintop removal is cataclysmic destruction of the entire landscapes, obliteration of entire watersheds---that cannot be repaired in our lifetime. The scar will remain for millions of years; our human time scale is insignificant compared with the earth's geologic record. History will recount these acts as indicative of how shortsighted and consumptive we have become.

My father mined ore in Pennsylvania; I understand the need to extract minerals from the earth. That said, mountaintop mining is a travesty. Once the coal is extracted and the operation shuts down, how on heaven's earth are those poor West Virginians going to make a living from their raped terrain? Certainly not from nature based tourism. Damage from acid drainage can at least be mitigated somewhat. Mountaintop removal is cataclysmic destruction of the entire landscapes, obliteration of entire watersheds---that cannot be repaired in our lifetime. The scar will remain for millions of years; our human time scale is insignificant compared with the earth's geologic record. History will recount these acts as indicative of how shortsighted and consumptive we have become.

# 2,815:

4:08 pm PDT, Oct 6, Charles Coleman, Virginia

# 2,814:

2:03 pm PDT, Oct 6, Mandy Odum, South Carolina
I am firmly against mountain top removal. These mountains are among the oldest ON EARTH. I have traveled to West Virginia many times, and know that this practice will have a trickle down effect on tourism, the economy, and the environment. Please stop this terrible practice.

It is heartbreaking to see the damage this causes.

# 2,813:

2:03 pm PDT, Oct 6, George Hedrick, Georgia
Mt top removal damages not only the environment but the inhabitant's quality of life & health, as well. The health hazards are as enormous as the environmental damage caused. Please outlaw mountaintop removal methods. We need other energy sources, not environmental damge.

# 2,812:

1:56 pm PDT, Oct 6, Robert Ridgell, South Carolina
This is one of the most destructive means of mining there is, period. And this particular mine is in a most beautiful area that should definitely be protected.

This is not just "the" environment, it's OUR environment.

# 2,811:

12:49 pm PDT, Oct 6, Scott Berry, Wisconsin

# 2,810:

12:19 pm PDT, Oct 6, Ricky Rodriguez, Virginia
As a frequent visitor to Summersville, WV and the Gauley River, the Cranberry Wilderness, The Cherry River and the environs I'd hate to see the local recreation economy negatively affected by destroying Gauley Mountain. I want to climb a mountain with a living environment not a old leaching, coal field.

# 2,809:

12:02 pm PDT, Oct 6, Angie Purcell, Pennsylvania

# 2,808:

11:18 am PDT, Oct 6, Adam Cramer, Maryland

# 2,807:

11:08 am PDT, Oct 6, Steve Scarborough, Tennessee
As a resident of Roane County Tennessee I witness first hand the destructiveness of coal burned for energy every single day. Once destroyed, mountains can never ever be reclaimed. The coal goes up in smoke, and over half the electricity produced is wasted. It's time to stop this foolishness.

# 2,806:

8:05 am PDT, Oct 6, Sandy Walbridge, West Virginia
Please preserve this beautiful state that we live in. Too many other areas in WV have been destroyed by our greed and plundering of our natural resources. We need to protect and preserve our beautiful land, not only in this state, but throughout the country.

# 2,805:

5:46 pm PDT, Oct 3, Richard Martin, Montana
Not cool guys.

It destroys our land for cheap fuel.

# 2,804:

1:15 pm PDT, Oct 3, Grant Smith, Colorado

# 2,803:

10:57 am PDT, Oct 3, Name not displayed, Montana
Don't sacrifice the long term health of West Virginian's to short term corporate profiteering.

# 2,802:

8:12 am PDT, Oct 3, Jon Davis, Canada
Short term thinking is bad economics in the long run. Most conservatives would be in support of this but they fail to respect the base for the name which is conserve. They point to jobs but are the first to mechanize and reduce the labor benefit. The owners of these companies don't usually live near the destruction and probably are against decent health care for their employees and people that have to live with the poisons their actions produce.

It is time to stop and move to less damaging forms of energy development.

# 2,801:

5:47 pm PDT, Oct 2, Gregory Godbey, Colorado

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