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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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# 25,850:
11:59 am PDT, Jun 29,
Octavia James, New York
# 25,849:
12:29 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Kathryn Magoon, California
# 25,848:
11:20 am PDT, Jun 27,
XOtzin Ome, Colorado
leave our home alone ! You wanna go destroy something then go back to where your ancestors came from and tear that down because that is the only place you are native to
leave our home alone ! You wanna go destroy something then go back to where your ancestors came from and tear that down because that is the only place you are native to
# 25,847:
8:23 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Douglas Bright, California
# 25,846:
8:56 pm PDT, Jun 23,
Mel Skluzacek, New York
# 25,845:
8:54 am PDT, Jun 22,
Kristi Knotts, California
# 25,844:
6:08 pm PDT, Jun 21,
Miranda Fitzgerald, Kentucky
# 25,843:
12:45 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
# 25,842:
10:42 am PDT, Jun 17,
Jennifer Heneghan, Florida
# 25,841:
5:27 pm PDT, Jun 15,
Elisabeth Caravello, Colorado
# 25,840:
2:27 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Allison Kline, New York
# 25,839:
4:02 am PDT, May 30,
Glenna Johannessen, Virginia
# 25,838:
6:09 pm PDT, May 29,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 25,837:
3:10 pm PDT, May 28,
Devan Schlueter, Minnesota
# 25,836:
10:35 am PDT, May 27,
Danielle LeBoeuf, Florida
# 25,835:
10:27 pm PDT, May 25,
Sophie Szeferowicz, France
# 25,834:
4:53 pm PDT, May 25,
Sherrie Rose Maleson, California
# 25,833:
3:29 pm PDT, May 23,
Julie Figueroa, Florida
# 25,832:
8:30 am PDT, May 23,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 25,831:
9:15 am PDT, May 21,
Alicia Marble, North Carolina
# 25,830:
6:09 pm PDT, May 20,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 25,828:
8:27 pm PDT, May 15,
Cynthia Castaldo, New York
# 25,827:
9:50 am PDT, May 12,
Katharina Aymeloglu, Pennsylvania
# 25,826:
1:31 pm PDT, May 11,
Christine El Fatihi, Washington
I can not believe I even have to send a message for this not to be done! It is crazy to even concider this to be ok! They are National Parks for a reason, they are green spaces set a side to be protected from poachers! Whether those poachers be of animale, mineral or plant!!
I can not believe I even have to send a message for this not to be done! It is crazy to even concider this to be ok! They are National Parks for a reason, they are green spaces set a side to be protected from poachers! Whether those poachers be of animale, mineral or plant!!
# 25,825:
8:14 pm PDT, May 10,
Elizabeth Even, California
# 25,824:
11:55 pm PDT, May 8,
Immaculate Ferreria - Allah, Washington
# 25,823:
9:21 pm PDT, May 8,
Richard Mote, Kansas
# 25,821:
6:51 pm PDT, May 6,
Robyn McFadden, Texas
# 25,820:
8:16 am PDT, May 6,
Melissa Ruiz, Texas
# 25,819:
8:12 pm PDT, May 5,
Keith Morris, Vermont
# 25,818:
2:02 pm PDT, May 4,
Nicole Wheatley, Michigan
# 25,817:
8:54 am PDT, May 3,
Jeffree Hogue, Oregon
# 25,816:
8:49 am PDT, May 2,
Ashley Simpson, New York
# 25,815:
10:17 am PDT, May 1,
Judy Haggard, California
# 25,814:
9:46 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Christine Pearson, Arizona
# 25,813:
8:23 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Zoe Van Nostrand, Georgia
# 25,812:
8:04 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Amanda Layton, Colorado
# 25,811:
1:13 pm PDT, Apr 30,
Emily Green, Ohio
# 25,810:
6:40 pm PDT, Apr 29,
Megan DePerro, New York
# 25,809:
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6:34 pm PDT, Apr 29,
KRISANN GUIDOTTI, New York
I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT MY MONEY PAYING FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD.I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT I EVEN HAVE TO STATE MY VOICE OF DISCONTENT AT THE NEW LOWS AND BLOWS TO MOTHER EARTH.STOP THE RAPING OF THE WORLD.STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR PLANET.END THIS NOW,BECOME AMERICAN HEROS. |
# 25,808:
10:05 am PDT, Apr 29,
Sean Gee, Washington D.C.
# 25,807:
6:26 pm PDT, Apr 28,
Michael Pert, New York
# 25,806:
5:13 pm PDT, Apr 28,
Seth Stern, New Jersey
Leave our forrests alone and stop letting these stupid big oil companies to destroy them for profits!
Leave our forrests alone and stop letting these stupid big oil companies to destroy them for profits!
# 25,805:
2:45 pm PDT, Apr 28,
Jessica Carroll, Massachusetts
# 25,804:
11:26 am PDT, Apr 28,
Name not displayed, Illinois
Our forests and wilderness areas play a vital role in the global ecosystem - please do all that you can to keep our protected land spaces from being denuded. Please help ensure that we will always have natural areas to enjoy. We don't have much left - please don't let it get taken away!
Our forests and wilderness areas play a vital role in the global ecosystem - please do all that you can to keep our protected land spaces from being denuded. Please help ensure that we will always have natural areas to enjoy. We don't have much left - please don't let it get taken away!
# 25,803:
1:30 am PDT, Apr 27,
Monica DeKam-flatt, New Mexico
I'm really shocked by such an ill advised decision to weaken protection for our national forests in the wake of increased concern over global warming. This will have far reaching consequences on many levels.
I'm really shocked by such an ill advised decision to weaken protection for our national forests in the wake of increased concern over global warming. This will have far reaching consequences on many levels.
# 25,802:
8:20 pm PDT, Apr 26,
Linda Hames, Alabama
# 25,801:
4:42 pm PDT, Apr 26,
Name not displayed, California
The very idea that vital National Forests are being targeted for logging by the Bush administration is sickening and heartbreaking. Now is the time to be saving out trees and planting more, not revving up chainsaws.
The very idea that vital National Forests are being targeted for logging by the Bush administration is sickening and heartbreaking. Now is the time to be saving out trees and planting more, not revving up chainsaws.