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Help Stop the Yazoo Pumps Project!
Target: EPA Administrator Stephen JohnsonSponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
The EPA has recommended a veto for the Yazoo Pumps Project - a plan proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers to build the world's largest hydraulic pumping plant in the middle of Mississippi.
An EPA veto of this harmful plan would protect over 200,000 acres in an area containing some of the richest natural resources in the nation.
Take Action! Tell EPA Administrator Johnson that you support a veto of the Yazoo Pumps plan. Learn more here.
An EPA veto of this harmful plan would protect over 200,000 acres in an area containing some of the richest natural resources in the nation.
Take Action! Tell EPA Administrator Johnson that you support a veto of the Yazoo Pumps plan. Learn more here.
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# 23,450:
9:13 pm PDT, May 5,
Harvey Levin, California
# 23,449:
9:12 pm PDT, May 5,
Crystal Hynson, Florida
# 23,448:
9:08 pm PDT, May 5,
Maria Vila, Mexico
# 23,447:
9:06 pm PDT, May 5,
Victoria Hartman, California
save the wetlands,
save the wetlands,
# 23,446:
9:05 pm PDT, May 5,
Jerily Robinson, Colorado
# 23,445:
9:03 pm PDT, May 5,
Tanicia Matthews, New York
# 23,444:
8:57 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, California
# 23,443:
8:57 pm PDT, May 5,
Alan Ferkinhoff, Rhode Island
# 23,442:
8:52 pm PDT, May 5,
Peter Laughlin, California
# 23,441:
8:49 pm PDT, May 5,
Dolores Maurasse, Texas
# 23,440:
8:46 pm PDT, May 5,
Julie Calvert, California
# 23,439:
8:36 pm PDT, May 5,
Mila Valenta, Colorado
Please VETO the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant project in Mississippi. The American people are more than ready for significant change in the way things are done regarding our precious natural resources. They are irreplaceable, and as your agency has concluded, 200,000 acres would be harmed. Please protect them.
Please VETO the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant project in Mississippi. The American people are more than ready for significant change in the way things are done regarding our precious natural resources. They are irreplaceable, and as your agency has concluded, 200,000 acres would be harmed. Please protect them.
# 23,438:
8:33 pm PDT, May 5,
Marina Atchison, Missouri
# 23,437:
8:30 pm PDT, May 5,
Pamela Yates, Oregon
# 23,436:
8:27 pm PDT, May 5,
Marvin Rodriguez, Texas
# 23,435:
8:25 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, California
# 23,434:
8:23 pm PDT, May 5,
Jeffrey Mirate, Wisconsin
# 23,433:
8:20 pm PDT, May 5,
Camille Stewart, California
# 23,432:
8:19 pm PDT, May 5,
Marilyn Wargo, Illinois
Stop this or I will come down there and lie down in front of your machines with a thousand other people and we will get the courts to stop you. NO ONE WANTS yazoo pumps!!! STOP YAZOO PUMPS< NOW!!!!!MKW
Stop this or I will come down there and lie down in front of your machines with a thousand other people and we will get the courts to stop you. NO ONE WANTS yazoo pumps!!! STOP YAZOO PUMPS< NOW!!!!!MKW
# 23,431:
8:16 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, California
Save the wetlands for the future!
Save the wetlands for the future!
# 23,430:
8:15 pm PDT, May 5,
G. Konecky, New Jersey
# 23,429:
8:13 pm PDT, May 5,
Tippi Pollet, Oregon
# 23,428:
8:09 pm PDT, May 5,
Alain Mariduena, New York
# 23,427:
8:08 pm PDT, May 5,
Mary Jo Brinker, Pennsylvania
Dear Administrator Johnson, I applaud your agency's initiation of a Clean Water Act veto for the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant project (Yazoo Pumps) in Mississippi, and urge you to finalize that veto as quickly as possible. The Yazoo Pumps would use $220 million federal tax dollars to destroy ecologically significant wetlands in the heart of the Mississippi River flyway an area that is home to some of the richest natural resources in the nation. The Yazoo Pumps would cause significant harm to wetlands, fish, wildlife and recreation. In 2000, your agency concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would drain and damage more than 200,000 acres of ecologically significant wetlands. This is more than nine times the wetlands that are harmed by private developers in an entire year nationwide. The wetlands that would be drained by the Yazoo Pumps are some of the richest natural resources in the nation. They provide a critical migration route for 20 percent of the nation's duck populations and for many other migratory birds. They support critically important floodplain fisheries and a host of wildlife species. These wetlands also improve water quality and help reduce flood damages by acting as natural sponges that store and slowly release floodwaters after peak flood flows have passed. The wetlands that would be drained include wetlands that federal taxpayers are already paying to protect in the Delta National Forest, a number of national wildlife refuges and on lands enrolled in the Wetlands Reserve Program. Given the overwhelming adverse impacts of the project, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that the Yazoo Pumps are "ecologically unsound" and "totally contrary to the Service's goal for a balance between economic and environmental sustainability." The Department of the Interior has concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would cause unacceptable adverse impacts to fish and wildlife in the region. Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that the Yazoo Pumps make no sense for addressing the very limited residential flooding in this area. Instead, in a throwback to another era and contrary to federal policy, the Yazoo Pumps would be used to drain wetlands so agribusiness can intensify production to reap more farm subsidy payments. The nation cannot afford the catastrophic environmental damage and economic consequences of the Yazoo Pumps. I urge you to veto this destructive, unnecessary and wasteful project. Sincerely, Mary Jo Brinker
Dear Administrator Johnson, I applaud your agency's initiation of a Clean Water Act veto for the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant project (Yazoo Pumps) in Mississippi, and urge you to finalize that veto as quickly as possible. The Yazoo Pumps would use $220 million federal tax dollars to destroy ecologically significant wetlands in the heart of the Mississippi River flyway an area that is home to some of the richest natural resources in the nation. The Yazoo Pumps would cause significant harm to wetlands, fish, wildlife and recreation. In 2000, your agency concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would drain and damage more than 200,000 acres of ecologically significant wetlands. This is more than nine times the wetlands that are harmed by private developers in an entire year nationwide. The wetlands that would be drained by the Yazoo Pumps are some of the richest natural resources in the nation. They provide a critical migration route for 20 percent of the nation's duck populations and for many other migratory birds. They support critically important floodplain fisheries and a host of wildlife species. These wetlands also improve water quality and help reduce flood damages by acting as natural sponges that store and slowly release floodwaters after peak flood flows have passed. The wetlands that would be drained include wetlands that federal taxpayers are already paying to protect in the Delta National Forest, a number of national wildlife refuges and on lands enrolled in the Wetlands Reserve Program. Given the overwhelming adverse impacts of the project, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that the Yazoo Pumps are "ecologically unsound" and "totally contrary to the Service's goal for a balance between economic and environmental sustainability." The Department of the Interior has concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would cause unacceptable adverse impacts to fish and wildlife in the region. Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that the Yazoo Pumps make no sense for addressing the very limited residential flooding in this area. Instead, in a throwback to another era and contrary to federal policy, the Yazoo Pumps would be used to drain wetlands so agribusiness can intensify production to reap more farm subsidy payments. The nation cannot afford the catastrophic environmental damage and economic consequences of the Yazoo Pumps. I urge you to veto this destructive, unnecessary and wasteful project. Sincerely, Mary Jo Brinker
# 23,426:
8:05 pm PDT, May 5,
Raymond Zahra, Missouri
# 23,425:
7:57 pm PDT, May 5,
Marie Weis, Washington
Wetlands are the living, birthing part of our ecosystem. To even consider destroying such an area of significance is insane. Why are you hellbent on such folly? Greed?!!
Wetlands are the living, birthing part of our ecosystem. To even consider destroying such an area of significance is insane. Why are you hellbent on such folly? Greed?!!
# 23,424:
7:57 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, California
In Los Angeles, we citizens understand the importance of this veto because we have fought to preserve and maintain our Ballona Wetlands in the face of realtor development. So far we have managed to eliminate any building in or degredation of this important sanctuary for birds and other wildlife. And I definitely applaud your decision to veto the pump project in Mississipi. So much of our heritage on the American southern coast was lost due to Katrina. We can't willingly cause the same sort of disaster on the Mississippi wetlands. Enough is enough!
In Los Angeles, we citizens understand the importance of this veto because we have fought to preserve and maintain our Ballona Wetlands in the face of realtor development. So far we have managed to eliminate any building in or degredation of this important sanctuary for birds and other wildlife. And I definitely applaud your decision to veto the pump project in Mississipi. So much of our heritage on the American southern coast was lost due to Katrina. We can't willingly cause the same sort of disaster on the Mississippi wetlands. Enough is enough!
# 23,423:
7:53 pm PDT, May 5,
Martin Siecke, New Jersey
# 23,422:
7:49 pm PDT, May 5,
Nicky Brawner, Missouri
plz help stop the Yazoo Pumps Project plz its hurting things animals plz help save them plzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!
plz help stop the Yazoo Pumps Project plz its hurting things animals plz help save them plzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!
# 23,421:
7:37 pm PDT, May 5,
Loni Sipes, California
The whole world is in termoil due to the lack of caring for the environments and ecosystems that even saving the wetlands is one of many small steps we all can take to clean up the pollution and further protect our nations ecosystems.
The whole world is in termoil due to the lack of caring for the environments and ecosystems that even saving the wetlands is one of many small steps we all can take to clean up the pollution and further protect our nations ecosystems.
# 23,420:
7:33 pm PDT, May 5,
Paul Shreve, West Virginia
The wetlands and the environment should not be destroyed. Even though a Clean Water Act is ingenius more will be lost than gained. I would try to work on other solutions instead of insisting on destroying natural resources our whole nation needs.
The wetlands and the environment should not be destroyed. Even though a Clean Water Act is ingenius more will be lost than gained. I would try to work on other solutions instead of insisting on destroying natural resources our whole nation needs.
# 23,419:
7:25 pm PDT, May 5,
John Palenchar, Florida
# 23,418:
7:15 pm PDT, May 5,
Christopher Dougherty, New Jersey
We must pressure this administration to close the loop and preserve the natural wildlands of thsi nation.
We must pressure this administration to close the loop and preserve the natural wildlands of thsi nation.
# 23,417:
7:15 pm PDT, May 5,
Emily Grossi, Washington D.C.
# 23,416:
7:14 pm PDT, May 5,
Debbie Shapiro, Washington
# 23,415:
7:14 pm PDT, May 5,
Joanne Tyler, California
# 23,414:
7:13 pm PDT, May 5,
Cheryl Fisher, United States Minor Outlying Islands
# 23,413:
7:11 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 23,412:
7:10 pm PDT, May 5,
Karen Weitzel, Florida
# 23,411:
7:10 pm PDT, May 5,
Edgar Gehlert, Tennessee
# 23,410:
7:06 pm PDT, May 5,
Peggy Schramm, Illinois
# 23,409:
7:06 pm PDT, May 5,
Jake O'Brien, Pennsylvania
# 23,408:
7:03 pm PDT, May 5,
Bryan Grover, Connecticut
# 23,407:
7:01 pm PDT, May 5,
Don Hudson, Illinois
Wetlands protect our Waterfowl Heritage and need to be preserved. As a Ducks Unlimited Life Sponsor, I am personally offended that this destructive action is being considered! Cease and Desist, Don W. Hudson,
Wetlands protect our Waterfowl Heritage and need to be preserved. As a Ducks Unlimited Life Sponsor, I am personally offended that this destructive action is being considered! Cease and Desist, Don W. Hudson,
# 23,406:
7:00 pm PDT, May 5,
Susan Franklin, New York
# 23,405:
6:55 pm PDT, May 5,
Danielle Piscatelli, Massachusetts
# 23,404:
6:53 pm PDT, May 5,
Mary Emerson, Connecticut
# 23,403:
6:50 pm PDT, May 5,
Susan Ledner, New Jersey
# 23,402:
6:49 pm PDT, May 5,
Bonnie Fox, Pennsylvania
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6:48 pm PDT, May 5,
Nina R. McCoy, Viet Nam