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Protect Our Parks: Cosponsor the National Park Centennial Act
Target: U.S. RepresentativesSponsored by: National Parks Conservation Association
National parks around the country are struggling to protect the historic, cultural, and natural resources in their care. Deteriorating buildings, eroding archaeological sites, and increasing environmental degradation are all too common. The Park Service needs more funding to preserve our country's rich natural heritage. In addition, park staff struggle to fulfill the interpretive, educational, and safety needs of park visitors.
Fortunately, a bipartisan group of representatives led by Mark Souder (R-IN) and Brian Baird (D-WA) have just introduced the National Park Centennial Act. This bill, looking towards the 100th anniversary of the National Park System in 2016, would create the National Park Centennial Fund, a dedicated funding source that would help get national parks the funds they need to eliminate the maintenance backlog and support critical natural and cultural resource protection needs. The bill will better enable the National Park Service to protect the natural and cultural resources the parks were created to preserve.
Take action today! Sign this petition to send a letter to your representative and urge him or her to cosponsor the National Park Centennial Act. Urge your representative to call Reps. Mark Souder (R-IN) or Brian Baird (D-WA) and sign on as a cosponsor of the Centennial Act and to recruit their colleagues to do the same.
Please check to see if your representative is already a cosponsor, and if they are, you can thank them for their work to protect the parks in your personal comments.
Fortunately, a bipartisan group of representatives led by Mark Souder (R-IN) and Brian Baird (D-WA) have just introduced the National Park Centennial Act. This bill, looking towards the 100th anniversary of the National Park System in 2016, would create the National Park Centennial Fund, a dedicated funding source that would help get national parks the funds they need to eliminate the maintenance backlog and support critical natural and cultural resource protection needs. The bill will better enable the National Park Service to protect the natural and cultural resources the parks were created to preserve.
Take action today! Sign this petition to send a letter to your representative and urge him or her to cosponsor the National Park Centennial Act. Urge your representative to call Reps. Mark Souder (R-IN) or Brian Baird (D-WA) and sign on as a cosponsor of the Centennial Act and to recruit their colleagues to do the same.
Please check to see if your representative is already a cosponsor, and if they are, you can thank them for their work to protect the parks in your personal comments.
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We signed the “Protect Our Parks: Cosponsor the National Park Centennial Act” petition!
# 100:
5:19 pm PST, Mar 3,
Melinda Velisek, Georgia
# 99:
5:19 pm PST, Mar 3,
Mallika Henry, New York
It is an open secret that our parks are in fast decline, and depend on a volatile political environment for their rescue.
It is an open secret that our parks are in fast decline, and depend on a volatile political environment for their rescue.
They are essential treasures for this country.
# 98:
5:18 pm PST, Mar 3,
Barbara Arlen, Oregon
# 97:
5:18 pm PST, Mar 3,
Richard Hiatt, Colorado
Parks and wildlife have almost always been lowest on the totem pole of legislative priorities. This administration puts it so low it doesn't even show up on the radar screen. It prioritizez corporate profiteering only. That's obvious to everyone by now. And that's why it's so critical that you/we get our moral priorities strait and begin protecting the environment - starting with our national heritage - the Parks!
Parks and wildlife have almost always been lowest on the totem pole of legislative priorities. This administration puts it so low it doesn't even show up on the radar screen. It prioritizez corporate profiteering only. That's obvious to everyone by now. And that's why it's so critical that you/we get our moral priorities strait and begin protecting the environment - starting with our national heritage - the Parks!
Parks are the litmus test of how much we really care about the future and our survival as a species. The "wisest of the wise" have said that and have warned us of it. It's time to pay attention.
# 96:
5:18 pm PST, Mar 3,
Charity Dennington, Arkansas
# 95:
5:18 pm PST, Mar 3,
Pam Myers, Arizona
We must protect the habitat and wildlife.
We must protect the habitat and wildlife.
They are sacred spaces that must be cherished and protected!
# 94:
5:17 pm PST, Mar 3,
Roberto Arango, Connecticut
# 93:
5:17 pm PST, Mar 3,
Carol Cate, Wisconsin
# 92:
5:16 pm PST, Mar 3,
Andrea G., California
# 91:
5:16 pm PST, Mar 3,
Carlos Rymer, New Jersey
National Parks, which are the best source of relief, are important not just to humans but to the organisms they support. Lack of funding for the protection of National Parks can mean having intrusion into the parks, which may in turn cause decline in populations and loss of habitat.
National Parks, which are the best source of relief, are important not just to humans but to the organisms they support. Lack of funding for the protection of National Parks can mean having intrusion into the parks, which may in turn cause decline in populations and loss of habitat.
National Parks are the most spectacular, stress-relieving places the world has to offer. They are more important than the modern cities of civilization and are the works of nature. Only things that work as nature wants them to thrive without problems.
# 90:
5:16 pm PST, Mar 3,
Karen Rocha, Connecticut
National Parks are our history. They need to be preserved for our children and grandchildren.
National Parks are our history. They need to be preserved for our children and grandchildren.
Freedom, wonder, beauty and peace
# 89:
5:16 pm PST, Mar 3,
Donna LeClaire Painter, Washington
It is my understanding that there is a push on to allow logging and oil exploration in our National Parks. The thought of logging in a National Park is outrageous. Please fund all protections for all parks possible
It is my understanding that there is a push on to allow logging and oil exploration in our National Parks. The thought of logging in a National Park is outrageous. Please fund all protections for all parks possible
# 88:
5:15 pm PST, Mar 3,
Michael Fenton, Washington
Stop the Bush administration from deciminating our precious environment, including our irreplacable national parks.
Stop the Bush administration from deciminating our precious environment, including our irreplacable national parks.
# 87:
5:14 pm PST, Mar 3,
Patricia Walker, New York
# 86:
5:14 pm PST, Mar 3,
Patricia Ellis, Wisconsin
# 85:
5:14 pm PST, Mar 3,
Chad Cilley, South Carolina
# 84:
5:14 pm PST, Mar 3,
Maria Babcock, Texas
# 83:
5:14 pm PST, Mar 3,
Paul Uecker, Minnesota
# 82:
5:13 pm PST, Mar 3,
Anastasia Brown, Oregon
# 81:
5:13 pm PST, Mar 3,
Lawrence Flood, Connecticut
# 80:
5:13 pm PST, Mar 3,
Donna Botash, California
# 79:
5:13 pm PST, Mar 3,
Mary Ann Baron, Pennsylvania
# 78:
5:12 pm PST, Mar 3,
Name not displayed, Virginia
Our National Parks are our treasures and we need to protect and maintain them - not drill, cut down trees, etc.
Our National Parks are our treasures and we need to protect and maintain them - not drill, cut down trees, etc.
Visiting our National Parks, especially Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Yosemite, have been the most pleasant activities and I want my children and grandchildren and theirs to be able to do so also!
# 77:
5:11 pm PST, Mar 3,
Sassy Go, Texas
# 76:
5:11 pm PST, Mar 3,
George Worthington, Pennsylvania
# 75:
5:11 pm PST, Mar 3,
Christie Robnett, Illinois
Please support this special fund so our National Parks are taken care of the way they should be.
Please support this special fund so our National Parks are taken care of the way they should be.
National Parks are our most beautiful and pleasing places to visit in our country. Experiencing natural beauty is the most special activity anyone can have.
# 74:
5:11 pm PST, Mar 3,
Teresa Canode, California
# 73:
5:11 pm PST, Mar 3,
Tobi Zausner, New York
# 72:
5:10 pm PST, Mar 3,
Kaycee Eeeeeeeee, Louisiana
# 71:
5:10 pm PST, Mar 3,
Lea Ann Rolla, Washington
# 70:
5:10 pm PST, Mar 3,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 69:
5:10 pm PST, Mar 3,
Beth Garner, Pennsylvania
# 68:
5:10 pm PST, Mar 3,
Janis Hottinger, New Jersey
# 67:
5:09 pm PST, Mar 3,
Susan M. Stanford, Missouri
I feel like I would die if I didn't have someplace "green" to escape to in order to recharge myself and reconnect with my Creator. I look out at the majesty of our earth and it touches my soul; it heals me. I have Native American blood in my veins and feel blessed because of this. Other ancestors fought in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. "This Is My Land" I sang with pride. "America The Beautiful" is not about concrete and steel. Please protect our parks!
I feel like I would die if I didn't have someplace "green" to escape to in order to recharge myself and reconnect with my Creator. I look out at the majesty of our earth and it touches my soul; it heals me. I have Native American blood in my veins and feel blessed because of this. Other ancestors fought in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. "This Is My Land" I sang with pride. "America The Beautiful" is not about concrete and steel. Please protect our parks!
# 66:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
Florence E Thompson, Ohio
# 65:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
KAREN JONES, California
# 64:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
Doret Kollerer, California
# 63:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
G. Shindle, Pennsylvania
# 62:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
Barbara R. L'Heureux, Wisconsin
# 61:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
Chailley Goss-Garner, Louisiana
# 60:
5:08 pm PST, Mar 3,
Anne Marie Voepel, Missouri
Since national parks are being used for logging and other practices, we need to make the remaining national forests and the old-growth trees inside, along with many species, needs to be protected.
Since national parks are being used for logging and other practices, we need to make the remaining national forests and the old-growth trees inside, along with many species, needs to be protected.
National Parks represent all that is important to me in this country, besides freedom. Please help to ensure the national parks safety.
# 59:
5:07 pm PST, Mar 3,
Emily Michaud, Maine
# 58:
5:07 pm PST, Mar 3,
Lorri Case, Montana
# 57:
5:06 pm PST, Mar 3,
Trang Tran, New York
Biodiversity is in desperate need of protection. Consequences are hugely unseen.
Biodiversity is in desperate need of protection. Consequences are hugely unseen.
# 56:
5:06 pm PST, Mar 3,
Leonardo Sarli, Virginia
# 55:
5:06 pm PST, Mar 3,
Chris Dalzell, Texas
# 54:
5:06 pm PST, Mar 3,
Eavan Fleming, California
# 53:
5:05 pm PST, Mar 3,
Lilli Hoffman, Virginia
# 52:
5:05 pm PST, Mar 3,
Obsidian DeLeau, Arizona
# 51:
5:05 pm PST, Mar 3,
Jennifer Flood, Connecticut
Please, we need to preserve these precious places!
Please, we need to preserve these precious places!
I shouldn't have to describe what they mean to me - or anyone. This should be a given - these are our beautiful parks where nature is allowed to be the way it was meant to. We have destroyed everything else.