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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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# 150:
7:52 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 149:
7:52 am PST, Dec 16,
Linda Coxon, Virginia
# 148:
7:52 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, North Dakota
# 147:
7:52 am PST, Dec 16,
Margaret Lamb, Massachusetts
# 146:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Paul Bissonnette, Massachusetts
Absolutely no Private company has any right to make a profit on National lands ever. What will be left for the grand- children?
Absolutely no Private company has any right to make a profit on National lands ever. What will be left for the grand- children?
# 145:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Lawrence Ford, Kentucky
Stop the National Forest giveaway!! Trees remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere!! Why on earth do you insist on removing them in view of the fact of global warming. That is an INSANE policy!
Stop the National Forest giveaway!! Trees remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere!! Why on earth do you insist on removing them in view of the fact of global warming. That is an INSANE policy!
# 144:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Alexander Day, California
I used to work for the forest service in California. There is a need for small selective harvests in many forests, but large sclae timber projects like this are in the interests of timber and paper companies, as well as government employees who want to justify their salaries
I used to work for the forest service in California. There is a need for small selective harvests in many forests, but large sclae timber projects like this are in the interests of timber and paper companies, as well as government employees who want to justify their salaries
# 143:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Dorinne Bilger, Pennsylvania
# 142:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Gordon Swenson, Utah
I wish I understood the psychology. Most of the old-growth forests have already been cut, but it seems like there are people -- especially in this administration -- who regard it as almost a matter of principle to not leave anything at all. Greed is part of it, but this seems to go even beyond greed. I don't grasp why it's so important to leave absolutely nothing undamaged.
I wish I understood the psychology. Most of the old-growth forests have already been cut, but it seems like there are people -- especially in this administration -- who regard it as almost a matter of principle to not leave anything at all. Greed is part of it, but this seems to go even beyond greed. I don't grasp why it's so important to leave absolutely nothing undamaged.
# 141:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Kaya John, Pennsylvania
# 140:
7:51 am PST, Dec 16,
Joe Wiorek, Illinois
# 139:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Michael Seefeldt, Oregon
It is a shame that the United States has become known as the Nation of Greed because of our willingness to sell out forests, ignoring the threat of Global Warming to make Big Oil richer and being willing to drill in the Alaskan wilderness and destroying wildlife for the sake of oil and profit. Stop The Sale Of Our Resources and National Heritage!
It is a shame that the United States has become known as the Nation of Greed because of our willingness to sell out forests, ignoring the threat of Global Warming to make Big Oil richer and being willing to drill in the Alaskan wilderness and destroying wildlife for the sake of oil and profit. Stop The Sale Of Our Resources and National Heritage!
# 138:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Jane Taylor, New York
# 137:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Patricia Foster, New York
# 136:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Diana Fair, New Jersey
You have not right to do this and the American people will stop you. We've had enough of your shortsightedness and disgusting GREED!
You have not right to do this and the American people will stop you. We've had enough of your shortsightedness and disgusting GREED!
# 135:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Kevin Hudson, Massachusetts
# 134:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Paula Nunes, California
# 133:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Erika Krausse, New Jersey
# 132:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Ciel Bergman, New Mexico
Our National Forests and National Parks are the sacred commons of every American, not to be exploited for the benefit of the few. As we grow more technological and distressed by the effects of globalization the refuge of these places of calm and beauty will become essential to maintaining sanity. Please do your job in protecting them from destruction.
Our National Forests and National Parks are the sacred commons of every American, not to be exploited for the benefit of the few. As we grow more technological and distressed by the effects of globalization the refuge of these places of calm and beauty will become essential to maintaining sanity. Please do your job in protecting them from destruction.
# 131:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Robyn Stein, New Jersey
# 130:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Linda Sweda, Washington
# 129:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
DG Kitchens, South Carolina
Stop ruining the work that our illustrious president, T. Roosevelt started! Have you no honor, morals, or pride?
Stop ruining the work that our illustrious president, T. Roosevelt started! Have you no honor, morals, or pride?
# 128:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Nicasio Hinojosa, Texas
our forests are the lungs of MOTHER EARTH
our forests are the lungs of MOTHER EARTH
# 127:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Barbara Brown, Nevada
# 126:
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Josh Gitomer, California
# 125:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Star Martin, Missouri
# 124:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Rita Smith, Oregon
Please stop this insane and selfish plan! The destruction must end. We can't survive without the trees and animals, but I assure you they will survive very nicely when WE are gone.
Please stop this insane and selfish plan! The destruction must end. We can't survive without the trees and animals, but I assure you they will survive very nicely when WE are gone.
# 123:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Carol Anderson, Pennsylvania
# 122:
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Rhonda Heffernan, Texas
# 121:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Autumn Gentile, South Carolina
# 120:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Lynn Hyndman, Illinois
# 119:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Pat Bowen, Massachusetts
Please don't continue to erode our beautiful country and our natural resources. Don't you understand that this is all intertwined with our ability to stop global warming, preserve our wildlife, and remain a great nation that should be admired for how we care for the earth?
Please don't continue to erode our beautiful country and our natural resources. Don't you understand that this is all intertwined with our ability to stop global warming, preserve our wildlife, and remain a great nation that should be admired for how we care for the earth?
# 118:
7:49 am PST, Dec 16,
Rina Deych, RN, New York
There are so many ways to reduce our impact on the environment, including recycling, conserving resources including energy and water, exploring other forms of energy (such as solar), driving hybrid cars, and, probably MOST importantly, switching to a plant-based diet. A recent 400-page UN report found that animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gases (more than cars and all other forms of transportation combined). The easiest and most direct way we, as a species, can help the planet is to switch to a plant-based diet. Even cutting down on meat and dairy products can substantially help the environment. If we do not learn to live in harmony with nature and start minimizing insult to the planet, we will have no planet to protect..................... Rina Deych, RN and Wildlife Rehabilitator ....................... UN report: .............. http://www.wellfedworld.org/globalwarming.htm ............................... My web page: ................ http://www.myspace.com/rinadeych
There are so many ways to reduce our impact on the environment, including recycling, conserving resources including energy and water, exploring other forms of energy (such as solar), driving hybrid cars, and, probably MOST importantly, switching to a plant-based diet. A recent 400-page UN report found that animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gases (more than cars and all other forms of transportation combined). The easiest and most direct way we, as a species, can help the planet is to switch to a plant-based diet. Even cutting down on meat and dairy products can substantially help the environment. If we do not learn to live in harmony with nature and start minimizing insult to the planet, we will have no planet to protect..................... Rina Deych, RN and Wildlife Rehabilitator ....................... UN report: .............. http://www.wellfedworld.org/globalwarming.htm ............................... My web page: ................ http://www.myspace.com/rinadeych
# 117:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Keith Havens, New Jersey
# 116:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Toby Levy-Preston, Nevada
Our National Forests are our future. They can not be grown again overnight.
Our National Forests are our future. They can not be grown again overnight.
# 115:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Dorothy Stapp, Michigan
# 114:
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Misty Weaver, Texas
# 113:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Jeffry Steele, Massachusetts
# 112:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, Indiana
Please save our forests for the sake of global warming!
Please save our forests for the sake of global warming!
# 111:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
June L. Mohns, Florida
# 110:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Dan Kelly, New Jersey
# 109:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Utah Eversole, Kentucky
The reason why the national parks should not be destroyed is that therewill be no place for the natural habit of the animals. It will also destroy our national heritage. I will destroy natural resources such as water. It will add to the already destruction in place such as global warming. America does not need another disaster made by man.......
The reason why the national parks should not be destroyed is that therewill be no place for the natural habit of the animals. It will also destroy our national heritage. I will destroy natural resources such as water. It will add to the already destruction in place such as global warming. America does not need another disaster made by man.......
# 108:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Jennifer Mckeever, Texas
# 107:
7:48 am PST, Dec 16,
Andrei Smarandoiu, Massachusetts
# 106:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Zafer Erturk, Turkey
# 105:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
R. Andrea Barber, Indiana
Here in Indiana they are doing the same thing under the DNR management and they are even taking land that we donated money to save. STOP STOP STOP!
Here in Indiana they are doing the same thing under the DNR management and they are even taking land that we donated money to save. STOP STOP STOP!
# 104:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 103:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Albert Brink, Pennsylvania
# 102:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Alexandra Kanoff, Pennsylvania
# 101:
7:47 am PST, Dec 16,
Rose Blodgett, Maryland