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Colorado's Best Backcountry At Risk
Target: CO Governor Bill Ritter
Sponsored by: Pew Environment Group
Sponsored by: Pew Environment Group
As one of its last regulatory actions, the Bush administration is moving forward to open some of Colorado's best backcountry to drilling, even though experts say the amount of economically recoverable oil and gas would be just a "drop in the bucket."
On the heels of its decision to lease the Roan Plateau, the administration now is targeting 4.4 million acres of national forests in Colorado by proposing repeal of the popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule that ensures these areas remain "off limits" to industrial development. If successful, new drilling would be allowed, impacting valuable fish and wildlife habitat and giving Colorado's national forests less protection than those around the country.
Your help is needed now! Please sign the letter below now to ask Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to call on the Bush administration to suspend its efforts to open up Colorado's best backcountry to drilling.
We encourage you to include your own personal comments - comment emails are much more effective when you take the time to add your own thoughts.
On the heels of its decision to lease the Roan Plateau, the administration now is targeting 4.4 million acres of national forests in Colorado by proposing repeal of the popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule that ensures these areas remain "off limits" to industrial development. If successful, new drilling would be allowed, impacting valuable fish and wildlife habitat and giving Colorado's national forests less protection than those around the country.
Your help is needed now! Please sign the letter below now to ask Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to call on the Bush administration to suspend its efforts to open up Colorado's best backcountry to drilling.
We encourage you to include your own personal comments - comment emails are much more effective when you take the time to add your own thoughts.
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# 1,849:
4:18 pm PST, Dec 2,
Melissa Mobeck, Washington
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4:58 pm PST, Nov 30,
Jason Cacciotti, Canada
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9:31 pm PST, Nov 27,
Ann Sumpter, Tennessee
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1:15 pm PST, Nov 26,
Joel Rocha, Colombia
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9:25 am PST, Nov 25,
Cris Iles, United Kingdom
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5:59 pm PST, Nov 24,
Dean A, Florida
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6:10 pm PST, Nov 23,
Emilia Antonescu, Canada
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12:22 am PST, Nov 23,
Gili Kahana, Israel
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9:52 am PST, Nov 22,
Keth T, Florida
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10:50 pm PST, Nov 21,
David Raza, South Africa
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3:15 pm PST, Nov 21,
Melissa Conrad, Utah
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2:33 pm PST, Nov 21,
Peter White, United Kingdom
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12:24 pm PST, Nov 21,
Sarah Jade Sholan, Canada
# 1,836:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 20,
Adrian Appley, United Kingdom
No-one has the right to destroy beautiful areas especially as it is only to make more MONEY. How sick can you get ?
No-one has the right to destroy beautiful areas especially as it is only to make more MONEY. How sick can you get ?
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4:11 am PST, Nov 20,
Anna Szaszorowska, Poland
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11:51 pm PST, Nov 19,
Andrzej Szaszorowski, Poland
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4:35 pm PST, Nov 19,
Muki Yomikchi, Japan
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2:41 pm PST, Nov 19,
Pawel Komisarski, United Kingdom
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2:40 pm PST, Nov 19,
Magdalena Szaszorowska, United Kingdom
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11:23 pm PST, Nov 18,
Karen Pearlman, California
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7:10 pm PST, Nov 18,
Katie Dozier, Indiana
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Robert Timmons, Canada
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9:22 am PST, Nov 18,
Carina Nilsson, Sweden
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4:17 am PST, Nov 18,
Lara Mahdessian, South Africa
# 1,825:
7:05 pm PST, Nov 17,
Babby B, Puerto Rico
Because the life of many animals depend of this area.
Because the life of many animals depend of this area.
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6:09 pm PST, Nov 17,
Tania Morrison, Australia
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4:33 pm PST, Nov 17,
Louann Fakoory, Trinidad And Tobago
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3:02 am PST, Nov 17,
Anita Kofta, Wisconsin
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3:59 pm PST, Nov 16,
Sheila Parks, North Carolina
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7:25 pm PST, Nov 9,
Helen Forsythe, United Kingdom
# 1,819:
5:23 am PST, Nov 3,
Richard M. Greene +, Colorado
I am a conservationist, not an environmental person, and I love the pristine wilderness of Colorado. Once the presently excluded areas are open to drilling and other destructive activity, they will never be free again. Please work to preserve our wilderness areas in their original condition. Thank you.
I am a conservationist, not an environmental person, and I love the pristine wilderness of Colorado. Once the presently excluded areas are open to drilling and other destructive activity, they will never be free again. Please work to preserve our wilderness areas in their original condition. Thank you.
# 1,818:
9:49 am PDT, Oct 26,
Daniel Webb, Texas
As a user of wild lands in Colorado, and a land owner in Pagosa Springs, I believe that any plan to allow more oil and gas development in Colorado is short sited and makes bad long-term economic sense. I spend my time (and money) in Colorado because it is beautiful and relatively undeveloped.
As a user of wild lands in Colorado, and a land owner in Pagosa Springs, I believe that any plan to allow more oil and gas development in Colorado is short sited and makes bad long-term economic sense. I spend my time (and money) in Colorado because it is beautiful and relatively undeveloped.
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11:19 pm PDT, Oct 23,
Alycia McBride, Oregon
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7:28 pm PDT, Oct 19,
Elena Roth, Colorado
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10:58 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Rachel Gilliam, Florida
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1:12 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Ingrid G., Illinois
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8:16 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Suzann White, Texas
Please protect what few wilderness areas we have left in this county.
Please protect what few wilderness areas we have left in this county.
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11:24 am PDT, Oct 6,
Freddie Geisler, Florida
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3:26 pm PDT, Sep 23,
Kathryn Parsons, Nevada
There are too few of these natural habitats left. Most politicians think too much about the potential profit that they can make in big oil, and don't take the time to consider the damage it does to wildlife. Not everyone in this world is consumed with greed. Not everyone wants more and more and more money. Some of us actually *enjoy* the peace and quiet that a mountain spring or winter storm in the rockies can bring. Stop the drilling. Stop killing our world.
There are too few of these natural habitats left. Most politicians think too much about the potential profit that they can make in big oil, and don't take the time to consider the damage it does to wildlife. Not everyone in this world is consumed with greed. Not everyone wants more and more and more money. Some of us actually *enjoy* the peace and quiet that a mountain spring or winter storm in the rockies can bring. Stop the drilling. Stop killing our world.
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1:07 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
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5:14 pm PDT, Sep 17,
Steve Guillory, Washington
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10:05 am PDT, Sep 13,
Jamie Scott, Texas
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7:17 pm PDT, Sep 12,
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# 1,805:
7:51 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Michael Dombrowski, Colorado
From recent headlines, a man was killed in the past week missusing his 4 X 4 on dirt roads. Do you want the insurance risk of more idiots driving their 4 x 4S on more roads??
From recent headlines, a man was killed in the past week missusing his 4 X 4 on dirt roads. Do you want the insurance risk of more idiots driving their 4 x 4S on more roads??
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7:54 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Carolyn Anders, Iowa
# 1,803:
3:50 pm PDT, Sep 6,
Paul Leming, Colorado
The destruction this would cause is in no way worth the small amount of resources which might be recovered. The citizens of Colorado and the rest of the US need real energy solutions.
The destruction this would cause is in no way worth the small amount of resources which might be recovered. The citizens of Colorado and the rest of the US need real energy solutions.
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9:04 am PDT, Sep 5,
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7:29 am PDT, Sep 5,
Keri Ferguson, United Kingdom