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Protect the Spectacular Wilderness of the Rio Grande

Target: Jeff Bingaman, Senator
Sponsored by: Care2
America's wilderness is being degraded from oil drilling, and huge chunks of public land are being sold off to private interests, never to be enjoyed by the public again.

Americans need to do everything they can to preserve some of the last great places for wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation.

Luckily, there is still a chance to protect the legacy of the spectacular Rio Grande Gorge.

A proposed 303,000-acre national conservation area would protect the Gorge and nearby land from oil drilling. This range is critical to the survival of large numbers of elk, mule deer and other wildlife. Wild trout also need the clean Rio Grande water and uninterrupted habitat the designation would provide.

You can help keep public lands in public hands!

Sign the petition urging New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman to introduce the legislation to protect the Rio Grande Gorge!

deadline: 1-29-2009
goal: 5,000
 

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Dear Senator Bingaman,

As a conservation-minded citizen and lover of the outdoors, I am writing to voice my support for your swift introduction of the El Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area legislation.

[Your comment here]

Large numbers of elk, mule deer, wild trout and other wildlife depend on the Rio Grande Gorge for survival. Please move quickly to help protect this area from oil drilling and other private interests.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
We signed the “Protect the Spectacular Wilderness of the Rio Grande” petition!
# 10,596:
9:43 am PST, Jan 25, Candice Davis, Texas
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3:04 pm PST, Jan 24, Claire Fairchild, Michigan
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10:19 am PST, Jan 24, Lonnie White, Florida
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4:08 pm PST, Dec 30, Dave Cannon, Pennsylvania
Stop drilling for oil already and start developing clean alternative energy. The oil companies have become too greedy. They are destroying our enviorment and have no concern about the future of the planet. This area needs to be protected.
# 10,592:
11:18 am PST, Dec 29, Jennifer Gardner, Florida
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2:18 pm PST, Dec 17, Tracie Thomas, Arizona
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5:41 am PST, Dec 17, Alison Rashedi, New Mexico
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11:20 am PST, Dec 10, Melinda Manderbach, California
Large numbers of elk, mule deer, wild trout and other wildlife depend on the Rio Grande Gorge for survival. Please move quickly to help protect this area from oil drilling and other private interests.
# 10,588:
2:49 pm PST, Dec 9, Ann Sumpter, Tennessee
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3:43 am PST, Dec 9, Mandy Reinhold, Florida
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8:04 am PST, Nov 20, Sara J. Schmidt, Missouri
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4:58 pm PST, Nov 19, Michele Bucci, New Jersey
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3:36 pm PDT, Oct 26, Kathy Harris, Virginia
because they are part of the bigger picture that in the end could effect humans
# 10,583:
9:14 am PDT, Oct 21, Sarah Spaulding, California
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5:48 pm PDT, Oct 16, Tashia Mccarty, Maryland
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5:24 pm PDT, Oct 15, Ali Deckoff-Jones, New Mexico
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2:54 pm PDT, Oct 14, Ingrid G., Illinois
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7:53 am PDT, Oct 8, Rhonda Lynn, California
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11:39 pm PDT, Oct 3, Pauline Leung, Canada
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11:37 am PDT, Oct 2, Maisie Jordan, United Kingdom
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6:46 pm PDT, Sep 28, Nicolette Pocius, Pennsylvania
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10:51 pm PDT, Sep 27, Mary Garton, California
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7:55 am PDT, Sep 27, Necole Cook, Virginia
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5:56 am PDT, Sep 24, Stacy Debruyne, Ohio
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6:38 am PDT, Sep 23, Cheryl Janiszewski, Maryland
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4:05 pm PDT, Sep 21, Eleanor Navarro, Arizona
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3:44 am PDT, Sep 21, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
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7:19 am PDT, Sep 13, Richard Sacksteder, Kentucky
The Rio Grande area will be a barren wasteland that I will no longer want to visit if you do not protect it from oil drilling.
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8:11 am PDT, Sep 11, Aaron Franchi, Illinois
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12:27 pm PDT, Sep 5, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
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4:44 pm PDT, Sep 4, Name not displayed, Texas
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2:38 pm PDT, Aug 29, Jessica Miller, Florida
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9:47 am PDT, Aug 27, Kelly Kemp, California
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9:54 pm PDT, Aug 25, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire
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12:36 am PDT, Aug 18, Douglas Bright, California
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2:39 am PDT, Aug 17, Alex Won, California
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4:47 pm PDT, Aug 15, Taraneh Sodoma, Washington
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7:20 pm PDT, Aug 14, Kristie Lyon, Missouri
All natural resources are important and crucial because we are destroying so much of it. I urge you to conserve the natural resources in your home state of New Mexico as if we destroy it all, we will be left with a world full of shopping malls and centers and that is no legacy to leave our grandchildren.
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10:10 am PDT, Aug 14, Sherri Bessire, Texas
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1:14 pm PDT, Aug 6, Name not displayed, Florida
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10:50 am PDT, Aug 5, Sarah Manthey, Ohio
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9:23 am PDT, Aug 5, Danielle Jensen, Missouri
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10:28 pm PDT, Jul 27, Robyn Barnes, North Carolina
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6:15 pm PDT, Jul 27, Andi Alnwick, New York
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9:01 am PDT, Jul 27, Andi Laurie Alnwick, New York
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7:55 am PDT, Jul 27, A. Alnwick, New York
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