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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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We took action on “Preserve the Tongass National Forest for Future Generations”!
# 100:
4:11 pm PDT, Jul 23, Cassandra Boyer, California
# 99:
4:07 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 98:
4:05 pm PDT, Jul 23, Nancy Drewes, California
# 97:
4:04 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Colorado
# 96:
3:58 pm PDT, Jul 23, Coralie Benton, Oregon
It's our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we live. Let us do what is right here.
# 95:
3:55 pm PDT, Jul 23, Laurie Zaleski, Mississippi
# 94:
3:53 pm PDT, Jul 23, Keegan Allen, Vermont
# 93:
3:51 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 92:
3:47 pm PDT, Jul 23, Heather Gregory, South Carolina
# 91:
3:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Rafael Barros, Florida
LET'S DO IT...
# 90:
3:36 pm PDT, Jul 23, Frank Kunkel, New York
# 89:
3:35 pm PDT, Jul 23, Hon.Howard Birnbaum, New York
# 88:
3:34 pm PDT, Jul 23, Mike Pert, New York
# 87:
3:34 pm PDT, Jul 23, Robyn Barnes, North Carolina
# 86:
3:34 pm PDT, Jul 23, Yariv Leers, New York
# 85:
3:33 pm PDT, Jul 23, Joe Tobia, New York
# 84:
3:32 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jeff Fischman, New Jersey
# 83:
3:32 pm PDT, Jul 23, Francisco Mendoza, Florida
# 82:
3:31 pm PDT, Jul 23, Eric Waxman, Pennsylvania
# 81:
3:31 pm PDT, Jul 23, Arline Wecker, New York
# 80:
3:30 pm PDT, Jul 23, Seth Stern, New Jersey
# 79:
3:25 pm PDT, Jul 23, Ana Kowalczyk, Turkey
# 78:
3:24 pm PDT, Jul 23, Kristi Katuran, Pennsylvania
# 77:
3:22 pm PDT, Jul 23, Gloria Clements, Georgia
We need to stop this detriment of one of the last great forests left. We should think about the fact that as areas like this disappear, there is very little for today's youth and future generations to draw on to understand that we must respect our planet if we are to continue our species. When we have nothing of the older, "foundations" of nature left; it is a lot like removing the ground under a building: it will become unstable and eventually collapse. We are responsible for making certain that we do not remove the last parts of the support for the human race.
# 76:
3:17 pm PDT, Jul 23, Helen Gray, Texas
Please help to perserve the Tongass National Forest for future generations to be able to enjoy, it is such a beautiful place to visit.
# 75:
3:14 pm PDT, Jul 23, Natalia Arcila, Florida
# 74:
2:49 pm PDT, Jul 23, Yvonne CLAUDIUS, California
# 73:
2:47 pm PDT, Jul 23, Diane Madden, Pennsylvania
# 72:
2:45 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jessica Young, Pennsylvania
# 71:
2:37 pm PDT, Jul 23, Margaret Patrick, United Kingdom
# 70:
2:28 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, New York
# 69:
2:28 pm PDT, Jul 23, Beverly Clark, Nebraska
There are so few wild places left. Please, give my grandchildren the opportunity to visit this one, undisturbed!
# 68:
2:21 pm PDT, Jul 23, Steffen Foerster, Germany
# 67:
2:17 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Texas
# 66:
2:17 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, California
# 65:
2:16 pm PDT, Jul 23, Cheryll Poulin, New Hampshire
# 64:
2:14 pm PDT, Jul 23, Michelle Holley, Puerto Rico
Please protect the Tongass National Forest and the wildlife that lives there!!
# 63:
2:10 pm PDT, Jul 23, Christine Abdelmonem, North Carolina
# 62:
2:10 pm PDT, Jul 23, Tashia Mccarty, Maryland
# 61:
2:08 pm PDT, Jul 23, Diana Pawelski, Arizona
# 60:
2:03 pm PDT, Jul 23, Louise Lanham, Texas
Please preserve this pristine area!
# 59:
2:03 pm PDT, Jul 23, Courtney Boeck, Michigan
# 58:
2:02 pm PDT, Jul 23, Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece
# 57:
2:00 pm PDT, Jul 23, Chetna Pittea, United Kingdom
# 56:
1:53 pm PDT, Jul 23, Regina Lankford, Virginia
# 55:
1:36 pm PDT, Jul 23, Michael S Queen, Alaska
I live here in the Tongass. I live a subsistence lifestyle and keeping my food, water, and lifeways prisitine is of prime importance. My family's and my lives depend upon it.
# 54:
1:33 pm PDT, Jul 23, Gabriela Velciu, Romania
# 53:
1:29 pm PDT, Jul 23, Deonna Kamradt, Nevada
Lets try to keep some of this earths beautiful places intact.
# 52:
1:22 pm PDT, Jul 23, Bonita Emerson, Florida
# 51:
1:14 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jane Meyer, Pennsylvania
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