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Protect the Spectacular Wilderness of the Rio Grande
Target: Jeff Bingaman, SenatorSponsored 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!
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We signed the “Protect the Spectacular Wilderness of the Rio Grande” petition!
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I want all of my descendants to be able to enjoy, respect, and appreciate Mother Nature's majesty and beauty. I would also like them to see the area where I grew up (tip of Texas) and not have to explain what it used to look like before some very short-sighted humans decided to drill for a form of fuel, the use of which contributed to the horrid health of the planet and all the living beings who call this planet home. Oil will run out and we will finally be left with no choice but to seek alternative forms of energy. So why don't we save time and switch to those alternatives now? Wind and solar energy are the way to go! Not hydroelectricity, because that requires damming/damning a river, and this petition is to PROTECT a river!
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Americans need to do everything they can to preserve some of the last great places for wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation.
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Save the Rio grande from destruction
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Our earth is dying and people are causing it. How shameful
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Our children and theirs deserve to be able to enjoy this legacy, don't they?
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10:55 pm PDT, May 25,
Sophie Szeferowicz, France
I strongly support this petition. |
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I don't live in New Mexico but I'm very concerned about preserving the wildlife there. America must start taking action to protect all important wildlife. We don't have to drill oil there - when we can invest in renewable sources of energy.
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11:42 am PDT, May 24,
Alicya Lima, Netherlands
because there is hardly any left. You dont need eyes to see..you need vision.... |
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