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Preserve the Tongass National Forest for Future Generations

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Alaska Wilderness League
The Tongass National Forest, also known as Alaska's Inside Passage, is a national treasure: one of the few places remaining in the world where old growth forests, brown bears, whales and wild salmon still thrive.

Decades of harmful logging have taken a toll on the land, yet large areas of the Tongass remain majestic and vibrant. People from across America visit Alaska's Inside Passage to experience sights and sounds found nowhere else in the world. The last, best parts of the Tongass are worthy of protection as a legacy for current and future generations of Americans.
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000
 
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Dear [Congressmember],

I call on Congress to protect and restore the Tongass National Forest, our nation's largest national forest, for future generations by giving it the strongest protections possible.

Stretched along the Inside Passage of Southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is a remote coastal rainforest of towering old-growth hemlock, spruce and cedar trees, fog-draped mountains, rocky islands, magnificent glaciers, grizzly-filled wildlands and salmon-choked streams.

With close to 14,000 salmon-bearing streams, the Tongass is truly a Wild Salmon stronghold. A natural treasure, it is one of our nation's last remaining salmon forests - a type of forest that once thrived and is now almost completely gone in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

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# 50:
1:11 pm PDT, Jul 23, Christina Beeson, Spain
# 49:
1:10 pm PDT, Jul 23, Janet S, New York
# 48:
1:06 pm PDT, Jul 23, Quinton Quebodeaux, Louisiana
# 47:
1:03 pm PDT, Jul 23, Sean Woods, California
# 46:
12:59 pm PDT, Jul 23, Wendy Walters, New York
# 45:
12:56 pm PDT, Jul 23, John Brinkman, New York
# 44:
12:55 pm PDT, Jul 23, Igor Purlantov, New York
# 43:
12:53 pm PDT, Jul 23, Rina Lin, New Jersey
# 42:
12:52 pm PDT, Jul 23, Kisha Jennings, Indiana
# 41:
12:50 pm PDT, Jul 23, Esther Elizabeth Crompton, South Carolina
# 40:
12:47 pm PDT, Jul 23, Stephie Diamond, Canada
# 39:
12:45 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jennie Boatman, Texas
Please save the Tongass National Forest for future generations. Do not let others suggest there is any apathy on the part of Americans - we want public lands saved for the public.
# 38:
12:45 pm PDT, Jul 23, NICK DAVIS, Canada
# 37:
12:45 pm PDT, Jul 23, Katelyn Inlow, Oregon
dont ruen the forests
# 36:
12:42 pm PDT, Jul 23, Logan Woods, California
# 35:
12:41 pm PDT, Jul 23, Teresa Muse, North Carolina
Enough's enough! Time to stop exploiting what remaining wild areas we have. We are stewards of the land and the animals that dwell in these remaining wild areas, and it's more important to preserve this natural resource than to take out more of the old growth trees or any other greed-driven exploitation.
# 34:
12:39 pm PDT, Jul 23, Alan Ferkinhoff, Rhode Island
# 33:
12:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Christy Cronin, Oklahoma
Please think of the long-term effect of our actions now.
# 32:
12:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Joseph Herbst, Virginia
# 31:
12:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
# 30:
12:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Catherine Brower, California
# 29:
12:28 pm PDT, Jul 23, Becky Visco, Texas
# 28:
12:26 pm PDT, Jul 23, Katherine Myskowski, California
# 27:
12:16 pm PDT, Jul 23, Lene Harries, Denmark
# 26:
12:15 pm PDT, Jul 23, Louise Bristow, New York
The Tongass Forest needs your help!
# 25:
12:13 pm PDT, Jul 23, Pam Boland, Georgia
# 24:
12:10 pm PDT, Jul 23, Wendy McGowan, Oregon
# 23:
12:07 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jennifer McQueen, North Carolina
# 22:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 23, Gary Ammirati, West Virginia
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11:56 am PDT, Jul 23, Amy Durocher, New York
# 20:
11:56 am PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Washington
# 19:
11:55 am PDT, Jul 23, Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania
WE MUST LEARN TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT OUR ACTIONS
# 18:
11:53 am PDT, Jul 23, Christina Pinkney, California
# 17:
11:53 am PDT, Jul 23, ELAINE ROBINSON, United Kingdom
# 16:
11:50 am PDT, Jul 23, Jessica Stokes, Utah
# 15:
11:50 am PDT, Jul 23, S Hillary, California
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11:49 am PDT, Jul 23, Miguel Barraza, California
# 13:
11:46 am PDT, Jul 23, Mary Detrick, Florida
# 12:
11:46 am PDT, Jul 23, John Armstrong, Arizona
# 11:
11:42 am PDT, Jul 23, Barbara Freitas, Florida
We have lost our wild Atlantic salmon through mismanagement. Protecting and restoring the Tongass National Forest will go a long way to ensuring that we won't similarly lose our already dwindling stock of endangered wild Pacific salmon.
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11:41 am PDT, Jul 23, Alice Olivo, Italy
# 9:
11:41 am PDT, Jul 23, Sarah Zubrod, Iowa
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11:41 am PDT, Jul 23, Laurel Watson, Arizona
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11:36 am PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Minnesota
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11:32 am PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, New York
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11:26 am PDT, Jul 23, Hartson Doak, Hawaii
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11:24 am PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Rhode Island
# 3:
11:24 am PDT, Jul 23, Robert Redmon, Ohio
# 2:
11:18 am PDT, Jul 23, Valverde Chantal, France
# 1:
10:59 am PDT, Jul 23, Liz Vandenzen, New Mexico
The Tongass National Forest is an amazing place that should be protected and restored for future generations.
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