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Stop the Sale of America's Natural Heritage
Target: US Senator Harry Reid; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Sponsored by: Sierra Club
Sponsored by: Sierra Club
The Bush Administration has made several proposals to dismantle our National forests by selling off thousands of acres - a move that would only benefit the administration's friends in the timber industry, coal interests and Big Oil. Adding insult to injury, YOU - the American taxpayer - are being forced to fund the destruction!
Despite its National Geographic Traveler's ranking as one of the "50 Places of a Lifetime," wildlife areas next to Superior National Forest's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have been targeted for clear-cut logging.
The Forest Service also proposed to fill up to 5,500 logging trucks with trees from the Daniel Boone National Forest - even though it will damage the water supply for more than 80,000 Kentuckians.
These are just a couple of the latest in a series of gifts coming from the Bush Administration and its allies in Congress to oil, mining, timber and real estate speculators of increased access to pristine natural areas.
It has to stop. America's public lands are the nation's endowment, and they ought to be managed with long-term stewardship, not carelessly cast off to make a quick buck.
Despite its National Geographic Traveler's ranking as one of the "50 Places of a Lifetime," wildlife areas next to Superior National Forest's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have been targeted for clear-cut logging.
The Forest Service also proposed to fill up to 5,500 logging trucks with trees from the Daniel Boone National Forest - even though it will damage the water supply for more than 80,000 Kentuckians.
These are just a couple of the latest in a series of gifts coming from the Bush Administration and its allies in Congress to oil, mining, timber and real estate speculators of increased access to pristine natural areas.
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We took action on “Stop the Sale of America's Natural Heritage”!
# 50:
7:38 am PST, Dec 16,
Jack Howard, Washington D.C.
# 49:
7:38 am PST, Dec 16,
Judy Wilson, New York
# 48:
7:38 am PST, Dec 16,
Rollie Bland, New York
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7:37 am PST, Dec 16,
Rachel Martin, Maryland
Here's a newsflash--the world benefits from trees. Left standing, they provide us with air. It seems stupid to cut them down.
Here's a newsflash--the world benefits from trees. Left standing, they provide us with air. It seems stupid to cut them down.
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7:37 am PST, Dec 16,
Charles Morgenstein, Florida
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7:37 am PST, Dec 16,
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7:37 am PST, Dec 16,
Kenneth Hall, Missouri
It's time the people put a stop to the politicians lining there and there friends pockets.
It's time the people put a stop to the politicians lining there and there friends pockets.
# 43:
7:37 am PST, Dec 16,
Bob Sutton, Florida
# 42:
7:36 am PST, Dec 16,
A.Gordon Reynolds, M.D., Utah
# 41:
7:36 am PST, Dec 16,
Edith Alston, New York
It's a hard slog against this presidency, but the more effort now, the less will be left to undone when it's over.
It's a hard slog against this presidency, but the more effort now, the less will be left to undone when it's over.
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7:36 am PST, Dec 16,
Steve Luchs, Florida
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7:35 am PST, Dec 16,
Melora Horvath, California
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7:34 am PST, Dec 16,
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7:33 am PST, Dec 16,
Dennis Talasco, New York
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Hi Hi, Connecticut
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Atul Deshpande, Illinois
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6:49 pm PST, Dec 15,
Amanda Young, Tennessee
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5:26 pm PST, Dec 15,
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3:33 pm PST, Dec 15,
Victoria Deer, California
Despicable! Why are Human-Animals with Satan???? And all the other animals with God???!
Despicable! Why are Human-Animals with Satan???? And all the other animals with God???!
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1:51 pm PST, Dec 15,
Julie M Glenn, Missouri
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1:33 pm PST, Dec 15,
Steve Dale, Australia
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Kelly Garbato, Missouri
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12:36 pm PST, Dec 15,
Margaret Gotsch, New York
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Wings ToSee, Alabama
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Gale Weaner, Texas
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Vickee Moore, Oklahoma
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Ryan Sigo, Indiana
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Steve Klein, Canada
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Nick Greinert, Texas
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Dana Dennison, California
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Karen Gray, Indiana
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Michelle Sant, Georgia
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Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin
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Prima Baily, New York
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Karyn Keyes, California
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Gary B, California
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Sara Marksberry, California
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8:19 am PST, Dec 14,
Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
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7:29 am PST, Dec 14,
Name not displayed, Arizona
Is there no limit to which this adminsitration will not go to sell off our national treasures? Stop funding the federal government by selling off our ancient forests.
Is there no limit to which this adminsitration will not go to sell off our national treasures? Stop funding the federal government by selling off our ancient forests.
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7:12 am PST, Dec 14,
Francesca Plyler, Armed Forces Europe
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6:26 am PST, Dec 14,
Jason Turgeon, Maine
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11:58 pm PST, Dec 13,
Kim Harmon, Florida
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5:36 pm PST, Dec 13,
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3:18 pm PST, Dec 13,
Seowah Kahn, Arizona
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11:03 am PST, Dec 13,
Lori Myers, South Carolina
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10:36 am PST, Dec 13,
Emily Rose, California