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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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# 10,750:
8:57 am PDT, Jun 8,
Ellen Read, Tennessee
# 10,749:
8:38 pm PDT, Jun 5,
Dianne Reinert, Wisconsin
so our children can see the wonders that are there
so our children can see the wonders that are there
I went to them as a child and want to bring my daughter. It is a beatuiful sight
# 10,748:
10:58 am PDT, May 28,
Hector Navarro, California
# 10,747:
5:42 pm PDT, May 26,
Wretha Swinehart, Ohio
# 10,746:
9:09 pm PDT, May 17,
Jean Mortensen, Colorado
Our National Parks are America's Crown Jewels. They should be funded well enough for them to shine.
Our National Parks are America's Crown Jewels. They should be funded well enough for them to shine.
National Parks preserve our land as it was, as it should be for future generations to enjoy.
# 10,745:
12:15 pm PDT, May 16,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 10,744:
12:07 pm PDT, May 16,
Jacqueline Peipert, Illinois
National Parks should be off limits to hunting and need protected from people to want to destroy them. Additional funding is necessary to accomplish this.
National Parks should be off limits to hunting and need protected from people to want to destroy them. Additional funding is necessary to accomplish this.
# 10,743:
8:49 am PDT, May 6,
Ira Kaye, New York
# 10,742:
4:27 pm PDT, May 5,
Greg Mattics, Arkansas
# 10,741:
2:33 am PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 10,740:
8:59 pm PDT, Apr 27,
Joe Jurczyk, Ohio
# 10,739:
9:30 am PDT, Apr 26,
Gary B, California
# 10,738:
9:17 am PDT, Apr 24,
Stephen Guo, China
AMITABHA
AMITABHA
AMITABHA
# 10,737:
8:56 pm PDT, Apr 23,
Laura Cade, California
# 10,736:
4:06 pm PDT, Apr 23,
Melissa Dawson Chapman, Michigan
# 10,735:
10:39 am PDT, Apr 23,
Name not displayed, Rhode Island
# 10,734:
7:44 am PDT, Apr 23,
Christie Allen, Ohio
# 10,733:
6:32 am PDT, Apr 23,
Shannon Harper, Florida
# 10,732:
5:54 am PDT, Apr 23,
Christian Ryan, Texas
# 10,731:
3:29 am PDT, Apr 23,
Katrianne Wayne, Florida
# 10,730:
12:08 am PDT, Apr 23,
Kathy Fischer, Missouri
# 10,729:
11:36 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Stasia Jankowski, Oregon
# 10,728:
11:09 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 10,727:
9:47 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Amanda Schibline, Wisconsin
# 10,726:
5:34 pm PDT, Apr 22,
T. M. LaBrie, Wyoming
Because we need to do all we can to protect and preserve our country's beautiful heritage and legacy - this is God's country!
Because we need to do all we can to protect and preserve our country's beautiful heritage and legacy - this is God's country!
Glorious, beautiful, wonderous nature - this is God's country!
# 10,725:
1:08 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Maria Young, North Carolina
# 10,724:
7:57 am PDT, Apr 22,
Jack Stevens, California
# 10,723:
6:46 am PDT, Apr 22,
Joseph Thompson, Kentucky
# 10,722:
10:46 pm PDT, Apr 21,
Fernando Del bosque, Florida
# 10,721:
5:10 pm PDT, Apr 21,
Katherine Schwirzinski, Ohio
Save our parks so that our children, grandchildren and their grandchildren, etc, can enjoy the beauty of our country.
Save our parks so that our children, grandchildren and their grandchildren, etc, can enjoy the beauty of our country.
# 10,720:
3:41 pm PDT, Apr 21,
Sara Fisch, Arizona
# 10,719:
5:07 am PDT, Apr 21,
Grisha G., Russian Federation
# 10,718:
12:04 am PDT, Apr 21,
Jessica McGill, Colorado
Natinal parks need increased funding so they can continue to exist.
Natinal parks need increased funding so they can continue to exist.
National parks equal life.
# 10,717:
7:40 pm PDT, Apr 20,
Lynette Allen, Arizona
you can't bring back diversity in plants once they have died
you can't bring back diversity in plants once they have died
life
# 10,716:
1:14 pm PDT, Apr 20,
Sarah Dube, New Hampshire
# 10,715:
3:02 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Chiara Giannattasio, Uruguay
because as once a native chief said, one day white men will understand they can not eat money.....
because as once a native chief said, one day white men will understand they can not eat money.....
life
# 10,714:
5:30 am PDT, Apr 19,
Nancy Ueberroth, Pennsylvania
# 10,713:
4:49 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Brenda Simon, Nevada
# 10,712:
2:36 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Erica Reichert, Indiana
# 10,711:
2:14 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Jonathan Fisch, California
# 10,710:
1:44 pm PDT, Apr 18,
A Faria, Washington
# 10,709:
1:24 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Vickie Johnson, Tennessee
# 10,708:
1:10 pm PDT, Apr 18,
Jonna Whetsel, Oklahoma
# 10,707:
11:56 am PDT, Apr 18,
Name not displayed, Arizona
The parks that are left have been around for all of us to enjoy. They should continue to be attended to and protected for the children of the future to enjoy and behold.
The parks that are left have been around for all of us to enjoy. They should continue to be attended to and protected for the children of the future to enjoy and behold.
Beauty, a place where I can escape from the hectic world and get back to nature, renewing my senses, body, and soul, to prepare to get back out into the hectic world.
# 10,706:
11:30 am PDT, Apr 18,
Mustang Beam, Montana
They are our only links to the past and it is our solace from the outside world. Seeing the world the way it was before civilization enroached the lands.
They are our only links to the past and it is our solace from the outside world. Seeing the world the way it was before civilization enroached the lands.
I spend my summers in them fishing, hiking, trail hiking, discovering things that are not on the map..enjoying all that Mother Nature has to share with me. Seeing wildlife in its natural habitat, sampling the wild berries, drinking the mountain waters, sleeping under the canopy of trees, etc..
# 10,705:
11:11 am PDT, Apr 18,
Erin Maxwell, Ohio
# 10,704:
10:52 am PDT, Apr 18,
Yamila Farias, Argentina
Because they must to be protected...
Because they must to be protected...
I love them...they are beautiful...and deserve to be care...
# 10,703:
7:09 am PDT, Apr 18,
Marie Louise Morandi Long Zwicker, Maine
what is left of this beautiful Earth must continue to be protected. humans, especially those in power in the u.s., have destroyed much of our living planet and those of us who care must see to it that what is left is protected.
what is left of this beautiful Earth must continue to be protected. humans, especially those in power in the u.s., have destroyed much of our living planet and those of us who care must see to it that what is left is protected.
they are one of the last areas that are wild and free, areas that represent all that is left of what the entire Earth used to be like before greedy and power hungry invaders (humans) took control.
# 10,702:
5:35 am PDT, Apr 18,
Lenka Sindlerova, Czech Republic
If you destroy the nature, you destroy yourself.
If you destroy the nature, you destroy yourself.
# 10,701:
4:08 am PDT, Apr 18,
Emanuele Buccheri, Italy