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Protect the Spectacular Wilderness of the Rio Grande

Target: Jeff Bingaman, Senator
Sponsored by: Care2

America's wilderness is being degraded from oil drilling, and huge chunks of public land are being sold off to private interests, never to be enjoyed by the public again.

Americans need to do everything they can to preserve some of the last great places for wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation.

Luckily, there is still a chance to protect the legacy of the spectacular Rio Grande Gorge.

A proposed 303,000-acre national conservation area would protect the Gorge and nearby land from oil drilling. This range is critical to the survival of large numbers of elk, mule deer and other wildlife. Wild trout also need the clean Rio Grande water and uninterrupted habitat the designation would provide.

You can help keep public lands in public hands!

Sign the petition urging New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman to introduce the legislation to protect the Rio Grande Gorge!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 5,000

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Dear Senator Bingaman,

As a conservation-minded citizen and lover of the outdoors, I am writing to voice my support for your swift introduction of the El Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area legislation.

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Large numbers of elk, mule deer, wild trout and other wildlife depend on the Rio Grande Gorge for survival. Please move quickly to help protect this area from oil drilling and other private interests.

Thank you for your consideration.

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We signed the “Protect the Spectacular Wilderness of the Rio Grande” petition!

# 100:

8:54 am PST, Feb 10, Jane Oberlander, Washington

# 99:

8:28 am PST, Feb 10, Sandy Hornfeck, Arizona

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7:35 am PST, Feb 10, Michelle Murphy, Pennsylvania

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7:23 am PST, Feb 10, Jennifer Page, Virginia

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7:15 am PST, Feb 10, Mark Shorey, Maine

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6:24 am PST, Feb 10, Rev. Annie Haws, Georgia

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5:46 am PST, Feb 10, Anand Parikh, Virginia

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5:32 am PST, Feb 10, Philippe Ducreux, France

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5:09 am PST, Feb 10, Philip E.L. Greene, Ohio

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5:02 am PST, Feb 10, C C Schenk, North Carolina

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4:02 am PST, Feb 10, Franziska Eber, Germany

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3:45 am PST, Feb 10, Sharon Hall, Michigan

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2:02 am PST, Feb 10, Kathleen Cole, Ohio

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1:51 am PST, Feb 10, Ja'Krinda Be'Suvwl, California

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1:11 am PST, Feb 10, Avril Kettle, United Kingdom

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12:07 am PST, Feb 10, Ethan Kolp, Ohio

# 84:

10:16 pm PST, Feb 9, James Rudy, New York

# 83:

9:27 pm PST, Feb 9, Caitlyn Johnson, Virginia
First off, I hope you know how wrong drilling is. It is exclusively done on behalf of greedy pigs. How disrespectful to the land! The very land that supports us. How would we have food if it weren't for the land? And shelter? And water? The land provides us with everything needed to survive. If we continue the drilling, there will be no land left. Then, we will not survive either because the land that we depended on was destroyed by US! I urge you to consider deeply the consequences of continuing the drilling of these remarkable landmarks.

# 82:

9:22 pm PST, Feb 9, Violette Ruffley, Colorado
Please rethink the destruction these greedy actions produce before it is too late!

# 81:

9:21 pm PST, Feb 9, Jamie Ibarra, California

# 80:

8:50 pm PST, Feb 9, Nuntanit Bumrungsap, Thailand

# 79:

8:12 pm PST, Feb 9, Jo Ann Thornton, Mississippi

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8:01 pm PST, Feb 9, Celestial AJ Wheeler, New York

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7:54 pm PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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6:54 pm PST, Feb 9, C. Cassidy, Colorado

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6:39 pm PST, Feb 9, Anthony Montapert, California

# 73:

6:10 pm PST, Feb 9, Sara Salyers, Tennessee

# 72:

5:20 pm PST, Feb 9, Gale Weaner, Texas
This IS the Land of Enchantment and it needs to be protected.

# 71:

4:50 pm PST, Feb 9, Dee Lockard, Florida

# 70:

4:22 pm PST, Feb 9, Louise Lanham, Texas
There are so few beautiful places left. Please spare this natural wonder!

# 69:

4:15 pm PST, Feb 9, Wendy Nore�a, Georgia

# 68:

3:50 pm PST, Feb 9, Denise Lytle, New Jersey

# 67:

3:47 pm PST, Feb 9, Stefanie Moravitz, Minnesota
I love this place...please leave it alone. Once drilling or any kind of industry takes place in an area, it will never really be the same again..even if you're doing it in "a safe manner". What matters right now, is that as much land is protected as possible from progress, so future generations and wildlife have something to look forward to. There are many places that are already being drilled and many other options for energy (like solar, wind, etc..), there is no need or excuse for this. Think about what this means for the future. We've already used up so much space, please, let's leave some alone. Thank you.

# 66:

3:34 pm PST, Feb 9, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois

# 65:

3:03 pm PST, Feb 9, Robert Redmon, Ohio

# 64:

2:31 pm PST, Feb 9, Steve Dale, Australia
We need these areas to help the fight against global warming and its the only place that wildlife call home,give them peace and leave them to live in peace from man.

# 63:

1:53 pm PST, Feb 9, Kayla Philbrick, Maine

# 62:

1:32 pm PST, Feb 9, Carl Holmes, United Kingdom
please fully protect this unique and wild habitat

# 61:

12:11 pm PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Portugal

# 60:

11:44 am PST, Feb 9, Barbara Lowe, New York

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11:36 am PST, Feb 9, Margaret Tollner, California

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11:31 am PST, Feb 9, Dee Emry, Iowa

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11:26 am PST, Feb 9, Zelda Wilson, Texas

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11:23 am PST, Feb 9, * Zentura, Wyoming

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11:11 am PST, Feb 9, Amy Walker, Indiana

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11:10 am PST, Feb 9, Terrie Williams, Texas

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11:07 am PST, Feb 9, Cristina Sei�a, Portugal

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10:46 am PST, Feb 9, Kelly Garbato, Missouri

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10:32 am PST, Feb 9, Cate Groves, Connecticut

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