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Stop the stealth attack on our National Parks!
Target: Gale Norton, Secretary of the InteriorSponsored by: The Wilderness Society
The Bush administration has launched yet another stealth attack on America's most treasured wild places - our National Parks.
Their plan would dramatically reduce protections for our parks, which could lead to increased off-road vehicle use, additional commercialization, smog and other forms of degradation.
These changes could erode the look and feel of places like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. We only have until February 18 to weigh in on this outrageous proposal.
Take action today by signing The Wilderness Society's petition to Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Be sure to include a personal statement about why our National Parks matter to you - your own thoughts will make your comment much stronger!
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Grand Canyon National Park. Photo courtesy of the National Parks Service |
These changes could erode the look and feel of places like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. We only have until February 18 to weigh in on this outrageous proposal.
Take action today by signing The Wilderness Society's petition to Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Be sure to include a personal statement about why our National Parks matter to you - your own thoughts will make your comment much stronger!
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We signed the “Stop the stealth attack on our National Parks!” petition!
# 11,750:
9:58 am PST, Feb 22,
Lee Williams, New York
They are saving our precious resources and land.
They are saving our precious resources and land.
# 11,749:
9:56 am PST, Feb 22,
Kate Busby, California
# 11,748:
9:56 am PST, Feb 22,
Kristi Reif, California
# 11,747:
9:53 am PST, Feb 22,
Nicole Bennis, Michigan
The National Parks should stay the way they are. They are National Parks for a reason. You shouldn't destroy them because people are too lazy to use vacant land or dirt roads for receational purposes.
The National Parks should stay the way they are. They are National Parks for a reason. You shouldn't destroy them because people are too lazy to use vacant land or dirt roads for receational purposes.
# 11,746:
9:51 am PST, Feb 22,
William Phipps, Washington
# 11,745:
9:49 am PST, Feb 22,
Marjorie Barton, Nevada
# 11,744:
9:48 am PST, Feb 22,
Melanie Maloney-Richardson, Colorado
# 11,743:
9:46 am PST, Feb 22,
Audrey Mcsheehy, New Hampshire
Bush, are you out to destroy the entire country before your done? Killing our soldiers, killing our majestic lands. What's next? Have you lost all sense of what this beautiful country is about. We were blessed when this land was discovered. It's one of the most beautiful in the world. Now we're damned with a government that wants to destroy it. You're so concerned with the all mighty dollar that you don't care about what you're doing to this beautiful country we live in. What about the future of our children and their children. Do you care nothing of how they will survive when you're finished destroying what we have?
Bush, are you out to destroy the entire country before your done? Killing our soldiers, killing our majestic lands. What's next? Have you lost all sense of what this beautiful country is about. We were blessed when this land was discovered. It's one of the most beautiful in the world. Now we're damned with a government that wants to destroy it. You're so concerned with the all mighty dollar that you don't care about what you're doing to this beautiful country we live in. What about the future of our children and their children. Do you care nothing of how they will survive when you're finished destroying what we have?
# 11,742:
9:46 am PST, Feb 22,
Steve Bonaker, California
# 11,741:
9:44 am PST, Feb 22,
Valerie Warner, South Dakota
We have very little sovern land left. Let's be smart and leave the little bit of mother nature that we have left ALONE.
We have very little sovern land left. Let's be smart and leave the little bit of mother nature that we have left ALONE.
# 11,740:
9:41 am PST, Feb 22,
Carolyn Drake, California
# 11,739:
9:38 am PST, Feb 22,
Christopher Reiling, Maine
# 11,738:
9:35 am PST, Feb 22,
Annie McMahon, Arizona
# 11,737:
9:32 am PST, Feb 22,
Joshua Furby, Ohio
# 11,736:
9:28 am PST, Feb 22,
Shannon Burke, Indiana
# 11,735:
9:24 am PST, Feb 22,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 11,734:
9:19 am PST, Feb 22,
Jim Lawrence, Oregon
# 11,733:
9:18 am PST, Feb 22,
Judith Anderson, California
# 11,732:
9:07 am PST, Feb 22,
Sunnie Lindell, California
# 11,731:
9:07 am PST, Feb 22,
Annmarie Russell, Massachusetts
We need to protect these parks, not only for our and future generations, but for the ecosystem as well.
We need to protect these parks, not only for our and future generations, but for the ecosystem as well.
# 11,730:
9:03 am PST, Feb 22,
Jonathan Stein, Oregon
# 11,729:
9:01 am PST, Feb 22,
Joel Chesney, Colorado
# 11,728:
9:00 am PST, Feb 22,
Ryvre Song, Texas
# 11,727:
8:59 am PST, Feb 22,
Hannah Greer
, Washington
# 11,726:
8:58 am PST, Feb 22,
Elaine Green, California
# 11,725:
8:53 am PST, Feb 22,
Lynn O'Connor, Washington
# 11,724:
8:49 am PST, Feb 22,
Robert Adams, Georgia
This land is MY land, this land is YOUR land and is the most significant part of AMERICA the BEAUTIFUL. It must be protected at all costs and preserved as it was when the Natives managed the land, for all future generations to come...
This land is MY land, this land is YOUR land and is the most significant part of AMERICA the BEAUTIFUL. It must be protected at all costs and preserved as it was when the Natives managed the land, for all future generations to come...
# 11,723:
8:47 am PST, Feb 22,
Janine Tobias, Virginia
Our parks are already under assault with lack of funds, high traffic, and minimal maintence. Add that to the fact that open spaces not preserved as parks are steadily decreasing, populations surrounding these areas have skyrocketed and you get environments in distress. Parks need greater protection not less. Ca't preserve the land for the future enjoyment of generations to come if current generations kill it.
Our parks are already under assault with lack of funds, high traffic, and minimal maintence. Add that to the fact that open spaces not preserved as parks are steadily decreasing, populations surrounding these areas have skyrocketed and you get environments in distress. Parks need greater protection not less. Ca't preserve the land for the future enjoyment of generations to come if current generations kill it.
# 11,722:
8:47 am PST, Feb 22,
Laura Baird, Texas
# 11,721:
8:46 am PST, Feb 22,
Kuuelaumakani Finley, Nevada
# 11,720:
8:37 am PST, Feb 22,
Citrus Sky, Minnesota
# 11,719:
8:36 am PST, Feb 22,
Linda Reitman, California
# 11,718:
8:35 am PST, Feb 22,
Ruth Hoffecker, California
We nee to make more national parks, and make stronger protections for the ones we already have. We can manufacture nature once it is gone!
We nee to make more national parks, and make stronger protections for the ones we already have. We can manufacture nature once it is gone!
# 11,717:
8:34 am PST, Feb 22,
Terri Tilghmann, Pennsylvania
# 11,716:
8:28 am PST, Feb 22,
Sharonlee Vogel, Maryland
Beauty, environmental, clean air
Beauty, environmental, clean air
# 11,715:
8:24 am PST, Feb 22,
Lisa Bray, Kentucky
The Majesty of it all !!!
The Majesty of it all !!!
# 11,714:
8:24 am PST, Feb 22,
Roberta Sebastian, Florida
# 11,713:
8:23 am PST, Feb 22,
Jackie Peet, Illinois
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE US>> Gone bush crazy! It would be better if you really liked the ecology..but instead you (government) are beating yourselves up to see how bad you can screw it up before a real MAN comes into office. Where are your sensabilitiess? Where is your intelligence..must be with the nukes!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE US>> Gone bush crazy! It would be better if you really liked the ecology..but instead you (government) are beating yourselves up to see how bad you can screw it up before a real MAN comes into office. Where are your sensabilitiess? Where is your intelligence..must be with the nukes!
# 11,712:
8:23 am PST, Feb 22,
Debra Roach, New York
# 11,711:
8:21 am PST, Feb 22,
Retha Eagle, Ohio
# 11,710:
8:16 am PST, Feb 22,
Katie Thompson, Montana
# 11,709:
8:15 am PST, Feb 22,
Katy Pope, Mississippi
# 11,708:
8:15 am PST, Feb 22,
Heidi Menocal, Maryland
# 11,707:
8:14 am PST, Feb 22,
Lori Ferdig, California
# 11,706:
8:14 am PST, Feb 22,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
Because they are a legacy from the past that we need to preserve for future generations. Why should current greed be able to ruin what great men and women have worked so hard to build and maintain? This is just another example of how short-sighted the current administration is.
Because they are a legacy from the past that we need to preserve for future generations. Why should current greed be able to ruin what great men and women have worked so hard to build and maintain? This is just another example of how short-sighted the current administration is.
# 11,705:
8:10 am PST, Feb 22,
Name not displayed, Maine
Bush, you're a loser, as always.
Bush, you're a loser, as always.
# 11,704:
8:06 am PST, Feb 22,
Donna Bolia, New York
# 11,703:
8:05 am PST, Feb 22,
Name not displayed, California
# 11,702:
8:02 am PST, Feb 22,
Laura Naugle, Ohio
# 11,701:
8:00 am PST, Feb 22,
Karen Dervin, Massachusetts