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We the undersigned, endorse the following petition:
Red Desert Wildlife In Danger, Help Now!
Target: Jack Morrow Hills Supplemental Draft Plan
Sponsor:
Wyoming Outdoor Council & Sierra
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Sign Now To Save Red Desert Wildlife!
The Jack Morrow Hills Study Area, the 620,000-acre heart of the 8 million acre Greater Red Desert, is home to 350 species of wildlife including: the largest migratory game herd in the lower 48 states-- some 50,000 pronghorn antelope, a rare desert elk herd, mountain lions, coyotes, golden eagles, ferruginous hawks, and bands of wild horses. In addition, the largest active sand dune system in the United States and seven Wilderness Study areas are some of the other superlatives in this stunning desert landscape of multi-colored buttes, rolling sagebrush bluffs, and mysterious hoodoos.
Unfortunately, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has decided to give priority to oil and gas development over these rare and irreplaceable resources in its Supplemental Draft plan for the Jack Morrow Hills Study Area. The BLM's plan would allow several hundred new oil and gas wells to be drilled  in sensitive wildlife habitats. The BLM's plan would endanger Steamboat Mountain, a Shoshone Indian holy site and an ancient Native American buffalo jump hunt site, giving preference instead to natural gas drilling. If the plan is finalized, it would ensure that a spider-web of new roads, utility lines and drilling rigs would slowly be woven over the next thirty years, destroying the wild character of this spectacular desert.
A coalition of conservation groups, hunting groups, businesses, and ranchers in Wyoming, in addition to numerous national organizations, have developed the Citizens' Wildlife and Wildlands Alternative. This balanced plan would protect the irreplaceable resources in the Jack Morrow Hills Study Area and ensure that oil and gas development and other resource extraction activities do not destroy these values. The citizens' alternative would allow many existing uses such as hunting and grazing to continue in a responsible way, while increasing protections for potential wilderness areas, Native American sacred areas, and pioneer trails. It would ensure the long-term survival of the Red Desert elk herd, the huge pronghorn antelope herd that occupies the area, and the 350 other species of wildlife that live there.
The Bureau of Land Management can not ignore us! Demand a Management plan that reflects the priorities of conservation and wildlife protection. Sign the FREE petition below and your comments will be sent to the BLM. And then, send this petition to all of your friends and family! Together, we can save the Red Desert!
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Why are wild places worth protecting? |
Please share an experience in U.S. protected Lands |
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1:10 pm PDT, May 26 |
Nicole Peison |
OH |
i don't want future generations to wonder why we did nothing to save it? |
in sixth grade, i visited the smoky mountains. it was so beautiful. i want it around for centuries to come. |
| 13,198 |
12:31 pm PDT, May 26 |
Erika Dofelmier |
WA |
because there are so few of them left and they are important to our mental, physical and psychological well-being |
Some of my most fulfilling outdoor experiences have been on protected lands such as one family trip we took to Glacier National Park where we could observe animals that we would not otherwise have ever seen in their natural environment. |
| 13,197 |
7:52 pm PDT, May 25 |
Anonymous |
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Do we really need to ask this question? |
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| 13,196 |
9:27 am PDT, May 25 |
April Neilson |
CA |
Please weigh the value of this legacy--and your contribution to preserving it, for generations to come? Isn't that worth more than the temporary gains of oil/gas development? Wyoming has few other tax generating resources as powerful as these companies. But the price is too high, to sacrifice these beautiful areas. Let's work together for creative solutions that meet the greatest public good, for the long-term. |
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4:55 am PDT, May 25 |
Anonymous |
SD |
Wildlife is precious...our ecosystem must be protected! |
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9:01 pm PDT, May 24 |
Anonymous |
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If we do not take the necessary steps to protect these beautiful ecosystems and the animals that live there, then they will surely be lost. |
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| 13,193 |
2:05 pm PDT, May 24 |
Chris Nielson |
CT |
they are part of our world and are full of amazing beauty. |
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| 13,192 |
1:33 pm PDT, May 24 |
dana newsom |
AZ |
if we don't protect them now, our grandchildren won't ever get to see wide open spaces or wild animals. |
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11:01 am PDT, May 24 |
Anonymous |
MI |
x |
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10:03 am PDT, May 24 |
Sharon Robinet |
MI |
isn't it obvious? |
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| 13,189 |
5:50 am PDT, May 24 |
Ashley Denningham |
CA |
Once they're gone, we can't get them back |
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| 13,188 |
8:52 pm PDT, May 23 |
Edel Sanders |
NY |
We have to protect our earth and stop ruining it! |
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| 13,187 |
7:21 pm PDT, May 23 |
Marty Williams |
MN |
We need to preserve our environment and that of the native animals. |
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| 13,186 |
3:29 pm PDT, May 23 |
Tania Anderson |
TX |
The Reasons should be very obvious,Mother Nature at her finest!! |
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3:18 pm PDT, May 23 |
theresa m kalfas |
CO |
because we neeeeeeeed them!!!!they are precious and once gone cannot be brought back |
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2:28 pm PDT, May 23 |
Eleonora Israili |
FL |
they are used for the wild animals, that are so important to the animal food chain |
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11:40 am PDT, May 23 |
Anonymous |
FL |
x |
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10:20 am PDT, May 23 |
Anonymous |
NM |
yes |
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| 13,181 |
2:19 am PDT, May 23 |
Cathy Kropp |
MN |
We need to protect-not destroy what is living beside us. |
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| 13,180 |
1:11 am PDT, May 23 |
Carol Hutter |
MA |
We need to help those creatures who have been here before us, and who are beautiful, and give us relief from our crazy lives. We can learn so much from them, and if we don't protect the wild places, no one else will. |
I have felt the closest to any spiritual part of me in US protected lands..the dunes on the Cape Cod shore..the forests, and lakes. etc. |
| 13,179 |
11:46 pm PDT, May 22 |
Chandra Zeissler |
UT |
We've already destroyed so much, what wild places that are left should be protected. |
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| 13,178 |
7:53 pm PDT, May 21 |
bonita saxbury |
IL |
WE DONT HAVE A LOT OF WILD PLACES LEFT. WHAT ARE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS GOING TO SEE IF WE DESTROY EVERYTHING. |
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| 13,177 |
11:48 am PDT, May 21 |
Georgina Arteaga-Carlebach |
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To ensure long-term survival of the Red Desert and to protect Native American holy sites and historic landmarks, and finally because wild places are the only natural places left on this planet |
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9:07 am PDT, May 21 |
FaithAnn Robinson |
MO |
Every time a species dies out part of the human race dies along with it. |
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| 13,175 |
7:49 am PDT, May 21 |
Steven Buchman |
NJ |
At best the oil and gas resources are a temporary asset, while the Red Desert can be an asset for the ages. |
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.>Red Desert Wildlife In Danger, Help Now!
Renee Dana
Project Leader
BLM Rock Springs Field Office
280 Highway 191 North
Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901
Re: Jack Morrow Hills Supplemental Draft Plan
Dear Renee Dana:
I am writing to you today to voice my support for the Citizens' Wildlife and Wildlands Alternative for the Jack Morrow Hills supplemental draft plan.
The Jack Morrow Hills Area of the Red Desert is a national treasure and should be afforded the highest level of protection possible. Since 1898, when Wyoming hunter Dr. Frank Dunham proposed that the Red Desert be designated as a Winter Game Preserve, there have been numerous attempts by citizens to protect this unique area. Over the last century there have been unsuccessful proposals to designate the Jack Morrow Hills Area as a National Park, a National Monument, a National Natural Landscape, a North American Antelope Range and a Wild Horse Refuge. Allowing this opportunity to slip by would be a national tragedy.
The Red Desert is the largest unprotected and undeveloped high elevation desert left in the United States. Among other things the area boasts: the largest active sand dune system in North America; seven Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs); the largest migratory game herd in the lower 48 --approximately 50,000 pronghorn antelope; the largest desert elk herd in the world; some of the healthiest populations of sage grouse and raptors in Wyoming; numerous Native American holy sites; and Nationally significant historic sites such as the Oregon, California and Mormon Pioneer Trails and the former "Tri-Territory" meeting point of the Louisiana Territory, the Oregon Territory and the Mexican Republic.
I strongly urge that the Bureau of Land Management adopt the Citizens' Wildlife and Wildlands Alternative in the final Jack Morrow Hills plan. The Citizens' Wildlife and Wildlands Alternative would:
1. allow for responsible recreation, hunting, grazing and off-road vehicle use and access to public lands;
2. ask for the trade or buy-out of mineral leases in the area;
3. prohibit all new oil and gas leasing and large-scale mining activities;
4. prevent new roads and developments in roadless areas, increase the size of some Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), establish new WSAs for lands identified as qualifying by citizens' inventories, and recommend that all deserving Wilderness Study Areas and wild lands be designated as wilderness by Congress;
5. protect Native American holy sites and historic landmarks such as the Oregon Trail; and
6. ensure the long-term survival of the Red Desert elk and pronghorn antelope herds and other wildlife.
I urge the BLM to select this balanced alternative as the best plan for protecting the natural beauty and ecological integrity of the Red Desert.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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