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Help Protect America's Wetlands

Target: The President of the United States
Sponsored by: The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Our nation's wetlands, streams and other waters have a tremendous impact on everyone's lives. But development and draining of these areas result in the loss of an average of 80,000 acres of wetlands each year.

That is why we need 80,000 people to let the President know how important wetlands are to us. Parents want clean drinking water for their children. Families want to live without fear of their homes being flooded. Sportsmen want to protect habitat for fish and wildlife and enjoy the opportunities to hunt and fish.

Wetlands provide all these things and more. Tell the President we need to protect these areas for our future. Sign the petition today!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 80,000
 

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Dear [Mr./Madam] President,

Wetlands profoundly benefit the lives of every American.

They control floods and erosion, hold and cleanse water, and give us places to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors. What's more, wetlands provide habitat for many thousands of plant, fish and wildlife species.

Yet we continue to let our last - and best - wetlands slip through our hands. In fact, we lose an average of 80,000 acres of natural wetlands each year.

A series of recent rollbacks in legal protections now threaten to accelerate our nation's already appalling rate of wetlands loss. Leadership is needed to restore federal protections that are crucial to maintaining clean water and healthy wetlands.
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We signed the “Help Protect America's Wetlands” petition!
# 150:
5:20 pm PDT, Apr 5, Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
We've only got one Earth - let's protect it.
# 149:
5:15 pm PDT, Apr 5, Frances Gloor, Washington
Our wetlands, rivers & streams are the lifeblood of our country & our planet & MUST be protected.......NOW!!!!!
# 148:
5:01 pm PDT, Apr 5, Jacki Hoover, Pennsylvania
# 147:
4:43 pm PDT, Apr 5, Sandra Stubbs, Delaware
# 146:
4:43 pm PDT, Apr 5, Isha Mayim, California
# 145:
4:42 pm PDT, Apr 5, Nicole Perrot, California
# 144:
3:49 pm PDT, Apr 5, Denise Lytle, New Jersey
# 143:
3:31 pm PDT, Apr 5, Anthony Montapert, California
# 142:
3:18 pm PDT, Apr 5, Dawee Van, Michigan
# 141:
2:48 pm PDT, Apr 5, Frank Roozendaal, Netherlands
# 140:
2:36 pm PDT, Apr 5, Ed Bender, New York
# 139:
2:06 pm PDT, Apr 5, Mary Owens, Georgia
# 138:
1:31 pm PDT, Apr 5, Lillian Munguia, California
# 137:
1:12 pm PDT, Apr 5, Tabitha Newman, Georgia
# 136:
12:23 pm PDT, Apr 5, BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 135:
12:18 pm PDT, Apr 5, Debra Arnold, Michigan
# 134:
12:13 pm PDT, Apr 5, Chantal Chavassieux, France
# 133:
12:00 pm PDT, Apr 5, Fabio Roccaforte, Italy
# 132:
11:56 am PDT, Apr 5, Judy Stufflebeam, Oregon
# 131:
11:41 am PDT, Apr 5, Eileen Sarett-Cuasay, Virginia
# 130:
11:37 am PDT, Apr 5, Elisa DeLapa, New York
# 129:
11:28 am PDT, Apr 5, Pamela Lyn, Pennsylvania
# 128:
11:26 am PDT, Apr 5, Paige Smith, Connecticut
# 127:
11:19 am PDT, Apr 5, Stephana Benassi, Colorado
# 126:
11:01 am PDT, Apr 5, Ann Drechsler, Hawaii
# 125:
10:58 am PDT, Apr 5, Heather Hogge, Virginia
# 124:
10:52 am PDT, Apr 5, Sheila Di Salvo, Massachusetts
# 123:
10:48 am PDT, Apr 5, CJ Childress, Kentucky
# 122:
10:39 am PDT, Apr 5, Jessica Brown, Pennsylvania
Reuse and preserve what we have, we don't need new developments!
# 121:
10:32 am PDT, Apr 5, Courtney Boeck, Michigan
# 120:
10:26 am PDT, Apr 5, Jim Dalton, Oregon
# 119:
10:23 am PDT, Apr 5, Dianne Flynn, Ohio
# 118:
10:09 am PDT, Apr 5, Rhonda West, Texas
# 117:
9:50 am PDT, Apr 5, Tasha Nuetzman-Wiese, Iowa
# 116:
9:33 am PDT, Apr 5, Amanda Spadafora, Canada
# 115:
9:33 am PDT, Apr 5, Giovanna Villani, Brazil
# 114:
9:25 am PDT, Apr 5, Robert Gibbons, Canada
# 113:
8:55 am PDT, Apr 5, Rebecca Lawson, Georgia
# 112:
8:49 am PDT, Apr 5, Stephie Diamond, Canada
# 111:
8:43 am PDT, Apr 5, Shawn Williamson, California
# 110:
8:37 am PDT, Apr 5, Natalie Borsy, Switzerland
# 109:
7:56 am PDT, Apr 5, Marie-Rose HECKMANN, France
# 108:
7:37 am PDT, Apr 5, Name not displayed, Poland
# 107:
7:36 am PDT, Apr 5, John Kesich, Pennsylvania
It is long past time that our natural treasures were protected and that when they must be sacrificed we the people receive a fair price instead of the current handout to special interests.
# 106:
7:07 am PDT, Apr 5, Dave Sennett, Pennsylvania
# 105:
7:04 am PDT, Apr 5, Mels Whe, Vermont
# 104:
6:54 am PDT, Apr 5, Peggy Fikes, New York
In this grand ecosystem called "Earth" our wetlands are essential. Please do not allow them to be harmed in anyway.
# 103:
6:36 am PDT, Apr 5, ROBERT STREBECK, Texas
# 102:
6:34 am PDT, Apr 5, Anne Sophie Brion, France
# 101:
6:30 am PDT, Apr 5, Name not displayed, Colorado
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