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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!

# 23,150:

3:11 pm PDT, May 11, Marston St John, California

# 23,149:

2:58 pm PDT, May 11, Jessica Teal, California

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2:56 pm PDT, May 11, Jacqueline Neth, Maryland

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2:46 pm PDT, May 11, Todd Baker, Texas

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2:42 pm PDT, May 11, Lin Roos, Texas
These wetlands, which are disappearing with poor management, are an important part of our ecosystem. They are important to us and the animals that live there. To live in a city where concrete has replaced wetlands is to see the havoc flooding can cause.

# 23,145:

2:35 pm PDT, May 11, Camilla Centervall, Florida

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2:24 pm PDT, May 11, Elizabeth Stancliffe, Kansas

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2:23 pm PDT, May 11, Terrie Smith, California

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2:18 pm PDT, May 11, Dorit Edut, Michigan

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2:07 pm PDT, May 11, Jamie Hastings, California
The wetlands provide a sanctuary for many different species that are good for our enviorment.

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2:02 pm PDT, May 11, Michele Goodman, California

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2:02 pm PDT, May 11, Christina Shanney, California

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2:00 pm PDT, May 11, Tom Woodson JD, Florida
Wetlands provides habitat for numerous species, provides storage for water, filters water into the aquifer, provides beautiful scenery. Nothing bad about it. The bad comes with greedy developers.

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1:47 pm PDT, May 11, Bhagwati Barberis, Italy

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1:39 pm PDT, May 11, Bobi Gallagher, North Carolina
Living in North Carolina, we are able to enjoy the diversity, beauty and benefits of wetlands.

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1:31 pm PDT, May 11, ERIC MATLOCK, California

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1:27 pm PDT, May 11, Catherine Lenoir, Oregon

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1:26 pm PDT, May 11, Robert Rands, Georgia
Please make all efforts to protect our natural areas for our health and safety, and so that future generations, the children, can enjoy the peace afforded.

# 23,132:

1:25 pm PDT, May 11, Lita Radford, New York

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1:23 pm PDT, May 11, Catherine Critz, Illinois

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1:19 pm PDT, May 11, Jennifer Zarro, California

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1:18 pm PDT, May 11, Christa Washington, Washington

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1:05 pm PDT, May 11, Ondine Owens, Maine

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1:01 pm PDT, May 11, Kelly Hurlbut, Arizona

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12:54 pm PDT, May 11, Name not displayed, North Carolina
Preservation of wildlife and the wetlands is important to the preservation of earth as a whole. Every part of this world plays an important role in order to keep the balance.

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12:54 pm PDT, May 11, Bonnie McDermott, New Hampshire
Wetlands harbor a lot of diversity and they are beautiful.

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12:48 pm PDT, May 11, Merrill Colby, Ohio

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12:42 pm PDT, May 11, BC Hall, Kentucky

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12:33 pm PDT, May 11, Andrea Miller, Oklahoma

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12:25 pm PDT, May 11, Claire Kugelman-Kropp, California
time for us to work together to protect disapearing wetlands and the species that rely on this environment for their survival. Developers have made enough man made buildings and cement surfaces. We need more wild and natural spaces.

# 23,120:

12:22 pm PDT, May 11, Lynda Jordan, California

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12:17 pm PDT, May 11, Laura Hatch, Illinois
Our personal health depends on the wetlands too!!!

# 23,118:

12:17 pm PDT, May 11, Stephanie Teien, Washington
We must preserve that which cannot be recreated.

# 23,117:

12:07 pm PDT, May 11, Miles Cosgrove, California

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12:05 pm PDT, May 11, Nancy Bruskin, New Jersey

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12:04 pm PDT, May 11, Jean Aranson, Maine

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11:58 am PDT, May 11, Janet Snipes, South Carolina

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11:56 am PDT, May 11, Michelle Willoughby, Washington

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11:49 am PDT, May 11, Cynthia Carey, Utah

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11:38 am PDT, May 11, Rhonda Dunn, Tennessee

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11:35 am PDT, May 11, Colles Larkin, Minnesota
I am currently Zone XI Rep. for Conservation/ National Affairs & Legislation for the Garden Club of America. The increasing/continuing loss of wetlands and the ramifications of this loss are conerns of our membership.

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11:35 am PDT, May 11, Lisa Pope, Florida

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11:33 am PDT, May 11, Sue Kono, Texas

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11:31 am PDT, May 11, Victoria Wolf, California
The earth is our mother, as the original inhabitants believed ... please let's remember that and treat her accordingly.

# 23,105:

11:17 am PDT, May 11, Olivia Haub, New Jersey

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11:13 am PDT, May 11, Sandra Whitedove, Oregon

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11:05 am PDT, May 11, Sheila Martin, Ohio
There has got to be somewhere safe, for all living things;whether it be animal or mineral to live in peace and harmony with it's environment.

# 23,102:

11:03 am PDT, May 11, A. Mcneese, Texas
Protect wetlands and provide homes to thousands of species that require it.

# 23,101:

10:49 am PDT, May 11, Virginia Dover, Florida

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