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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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# 100:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Lucy Schneider, New Jersey
# 99:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Shannon Anderson, Wyoming
# 98:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Marilyn Coleman, Massachusetts
Stop the illegal use of our national parks. Stop the stupidity...Stop the GREED.
Stop the illegal use of our national parks. Stop the stupidity...Stop the GREED.
# 97:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Dudley Myer, California
# 96:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
CRAIG R. MCNEES, Florida
have you no shame?
have you no shame?
# 95:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
James Robinson, New York
# 94:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Nancy Lehman, Arizona
Too many of our national forests have been cut down to build house's. Leave the national forest as they are and build else where.
Too many of our national forests have been cut down to build house's. Leave the national forest as they are and build else where.
# 93:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Evelyne Fausone, Colorado
We cannot and MUST not destroy our national parks and forests for money or any other reason. Put a stop to this insanity.
We cannot and MUST not destroy our national parks and forests for money or any other reason. Put a stop to this insanity.
# 92:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Sylvia Pearl, New Jersey
# 91:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, Missouri
We won't stand to see you tear down what makes this world beautiful.
We won't stand to see you tear down what makes this world beautiful.
# 90:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Jennifer Poulin, Florida
# 89:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Rita Persichetty, New York
# 88:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Carol Olah, Virginia
# 87:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Arielle Smith, Georgia
Trees are one of our best defenses against global warming - it is totally unacceptable to cut them down. What is wrong with this administration?
Trees are one of our best defenses against global warming - it is totally unacceptable to cut them down. What is wrong with this administration?
# 86:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Beth Wright, Pennsylvania
# 85:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Carolynn Vaughan, New Jersey
# 84:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, New York
# 83:
7:46 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
The irony is the the prez used the National Parks as a big part of his xmas video this year. It made my teeth hurt knowing full well what has been done to our parks in the last few years! Besides chopping up huge amounts of land to developers for a variety of invasive and permanently damaging industries, the funding for parks has been drastically cut. When will he see the light?
The irony is the the prez used the National Parks as a big part of his xmas video this year. It made my teeth hurt knowing full well what has been done to our parks in the last few years! Besides chopping up huge amounts of land to developers for a variety of invasive and permanently damaging industries, the funding for parks has been drastically cut. When will he see the light?
# 82:
7:45 am PST, Dec 16,
Robert Fedyski, Ohio
Time to start using the tax dollars responibly, this plan is not!
Time to start using the tax dollars responibly, this plan is not!
# 81:
7:45 am PST, Dec 16,
Deanna Mahaffey, South Carolina
# 80:
7:45 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, New York
# 79:
7:44 am PST, Dec 16,
Sean Sell, California
# 78:
7:44 am PST, Dec 16,
Isabella La Rocca, California
# 77:
7:44 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 76:
7:44 am PST, Dec 16,
Nina Janik, Arizona
# 75:
7:44 am PST, Dec 16,
Jennifer G. Ezell, California
This is unacceptable stewardship of public lands, and grotesquely inappropriate!
This is unacceptable stewardship of public lands, and grotesquely inappropriate!
# 74:
7:44 am PST, Dec 16,
Jared Brenner, New York
# 73:
7:43 am PST, Dec 16,
Linda Bishop, Kansas
# 72:
7:43 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 71:
7:43 am PST, Dec 16,
Sue Hoke, New Jersey
# 70:
7:43 am PST, Dec 16,
Nelle Jurgeleit-Greene, Alaska
# 69:
7:43 am PST, Dec 16,
Ines Castro, Maryland
# 68:
7:43 am PST, Dec 16,
M. Geiger, New Jersey
# 67:
7:42 am PST, Dec 16,
Janet Jordan, Washington
Our national parks are part of our spiritual heritage, as well as the refuge for countless animal species. They should never be logged.
Our national parks are part of our spiritual heritage, as well as the refuge for countless animal species. They should never be logged.
# 66:
7:42 am PST, Dec 16,
Constance West, New Mexico
STOP CUTTING DOWN AND SELLING OFF THE LUNGS OF THE PLANET!
STOP CUTTING DOWN AND SELLING OFF THE LUNGS OF THE PLANET!
# 65:
7:42 am PST, Dec 16,
Ernest Davis, Maryland
CUTTING DOWN TREES CAUSES MORE GLOBAL WARMING AND SOIL EROSION!
CUTTING DOWN TREES CAUSES MORE GLOBAL WARMING AND SOIL EROSION!
# 64:
7:42 am PST, Dec 16,
Lahna Young, Georgia
# 63:
7:42 am PST, Dec 16,
Kathleen J. Kaminski, New York
# 62:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Vicki Fox, Pennsylvania
We must take care of Mother Earth and our precious natural resources. I urge you to not use the economic bottom line as the key to making decisions, but the higher good of us all.
We must take care of Mother Earth and our precious natural resources. I urge you to not use the economic bottom line as the key to making decisions, but the higher good of us all.
# 61:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Marilyn Benavides, Texas
Our country has been sold out to large corporations....... Have you noticed the only political candidates that rise to the top of either party are the RICH - POLITICALLY CONNECTED!!!!! DO NOT ALLOW BUSH AND HIS CRONIES TO PROFIT FROM SELLING OUR LAND WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THIS TYRANT!
Our country has been sold out to large corporations....... Have you noticed the only political candidates that rise to the top of either party are the RICH - POLITICALLY CONNECTED!!!!! DO NOT ALLOW BUSH AND HIS CRONIES TO PROFIT FROM SELLING OUR LAND WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THIS TYRANT!
# 60:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Patricia Dailey, New York
Species are quickly disappearing as is the green that oxygenates our planet. This is part of a larger problem of global warming. Stop it now while we can!
Species are quickly disappearing as is the green that oxygenates our planet. This is part of a larger problem of global warming. Stop it now while we can!
# 59:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Giovanni Garcia-Fenech, New York
# 58:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Laurie Parish, North Carolina
# 57:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Richard Sanders, California
# 56:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
M-H Nguyen, California
# 55:
7:41 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, New York
# 54:
7:40 am PST, Dec 16,
Olga Albren, Connecticut
Mr. Bush could you please leave your hands off the forests? how much more are you willing to destroy before you leave office?
Mr. Bush could you please leave your hands off the forests? how much more are you willing to destroy before you leave office?
# 53:
7:40 am PST, Dec 16,
John Culver, Illinois
# 52:
7:40 am PST, Dec 16,
Eric Miller, Ohio
# 51:
7:40 am PST, Dec 16,
Jennifer Needham, Texas