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Idaho's Roadless Backcountry is at Risk
Target: U.S. Forest ServiceSponsored by: Heritage Forests Campaign
As the final months of the Bush administration come to close, the assault on our public lands continues. Recently the administration initiated a national rulemaking that will decide the fate of 9.3 million acres of roadless areas in Idaho's national forests - part of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
These areas are currently protected under the 2001 Roadless Rule, but the proposed rulemakings would remove these protections and could open the door to mining, logging, oil and gas drilling as well as other development.
The Bush administration's proposed action in Idaho comes on the heels of plans that would put two other crown jewels of our national forests system at risk: Alaska's Tongass National Forest and Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
The U.S. Forest Service has opened a comment period in which you can express your opposition to this proposed rule and the Bush administration's attempts to gut the Roadless Rule. Please sign the petition to the Forest Service today, and include your own comments about why they should protect all of Idaho's roadless areas and roadless forests throughout the country.
These areas are currently protected under the 2001 Roadless Rule, but the proposed rulemakings would remove these protections and could open the door to mining, logging, oil and gas drilling as well as other development.
The Bush administration's proposed action in Idaho comes on the heels of plans that would put two other crown jewels of our national forests system at risk: Alaska's Tongass National Forest and Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
The U.S. Forest Service has opened a comment period in which you can express your opposition to this proposed rule and the Bush administration's attempts to gut the Roadless Rule. Please sign the petition to the Forest Service today, and include your own comments about why they should protect all of Idaho's roadless areas and roadless forests throughout the country.
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We signed the “Idaho's Roadless Backcountry is at Risk” petition!
# 16,110:
9:44 am PDT, Mar 25,
Amanda Segur, Michigan
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,109:
8:53 am PDT, Mar 25,
Penny Mcclenning, Illinois
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,108:
8:05 am PDT, Mar 25,
Chris Burkitt, New York
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,107:
6:05 am PDT, Mar 25,
Anna Van Overberghe, Indiana
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,106:
4:52 am PDT, Mar 25,
Julie Hart, Vermont
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,105:
8:35 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Dana Hoffman, Minnesota
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,104:
7:28 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Ginny Goldberg, Washington
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,103:
7:02 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Richard Batty, California
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,102:
5:14 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Ian Morse, Massachusetts
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,101:
2:17 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Donna Pitman, California
Please help keep our country beautiful.
Please help keep our country beautiful.
# 16,100:
12:55 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Judith Niles, Kentucky
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,099:
12:24 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Washington
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,098:
11:29 am PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Florida
Please limit the damage to the pristine areas left on the Earth. This area needs to be left alone. Enough is enough. There are still many areas for energy -- including all of the renewable resources available.
Please limit the damage to the pristine areas left on the Earth. This area needs to be left alone. Enough is enough. There are still many areas for energy -- including all of the renewable resources available.
# 16,097:
11:11 am PDT, Mar 24,
Karen M. Wilkerson, New York
# 16,096:
11:08 am PDT, Mar 24,
Melissa Cascio, New York
# 16,095:
11:07 am PDT, Mar 24,
Tim Smith, Louisiana
We may as well pack and get ready to live on the moon, or how about Jupiter? The more the forests are destroyed, the less time we have before Global Eco-system failure. Stop and Think before you decide the fate of ALL the inhabitants of Earth.
We may as well pack and get ready to live on the moon, or how about Jupiter? The more the forests are destroyed, the less time we have before Global Eco-system failure. Stop and Think before you decide the fate of ALL the inhabitants of Earth.
# 16,094:
11:07 am PDT, Mar 24,
May Cheung, California
# 16,093:
11:04 am PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 16,092:
10:55 am PDT, Mar 24,
Dixie Busch, Oregon
# 16,091:
10:51 am PDT, Mar 24,
Kent Watson, Montana
These are rugged landscapes that must be protected for future generations. Please, no more roads!
These are rugged landscapes that must be protected for future generations. Please, no more roads!
# 16,090:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 24,
P. Malus, North Carolina
Let's do the right thing. Wilderness contains true beauty. It behooves humankind to prserve and protect it for ourselves and our posterity. Let's do the right thing!
Let's do the right thing. Wilderness contains true beauty. It behooves humankind to prserve and protect it for ourselves and our posterity. Let's do the right thing!
# 16,089:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 24,
Bina Benestante, Florida
ENOUGH!!!!!!!! This planet belongs to our children, too, not only to us!!!!!!!
ENOUGH!!!!!!!! This planet belongs to our children, too, not only to us!!!!!!!
# 16,088:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 24,
Angelika Siebert, Germany
# 16,087:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 24,
Elizabeth Scott, Virginia
# 16,086:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 24,
Christy Pruess, North Carolina
# 16,085:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 24,
Stephen Urciuoli, Connecticut
# 16,084:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 24,
Stephani Simpson, Washington
# 16,083:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 24,
RaVani Flood, Hawaii
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,082:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 24,
Cynthia Willsey, Missouri
# 16,081:
10:34 am PDT, Mar 24,
Kristi Reif, California
# 16,080:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 24,
Clarence Fisher, Texas
# 16,079:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 24,
Jennifer Nilsen, Pennsylvania
# 16,078:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 24,
David Cutter, California
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable. Jeremiah 2:7 (Don't Do It)!
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable. Jeremiah 2:7 (Don't Do It)!
# 16,077:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 24,
D Eugene Wedge, California
# 16,076:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 24,
Bonnie Cavallo, Massachusetts
# 16,075:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 24,
Karin Lough, New York
# 16,074:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 16,073:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 24,
Jannell Commeau, Connecticut
i think that if you ruin idahos back country then you will be take an animals home
i think that if you ruin idahos back country then you will be take an animals home
# 16,072:
10:23 am PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Hawaii
Thank you.
Thank you.
# 16,071:
10:23 am PDT, Mar 24,
Nina Torowski, Texas
# 16,070:
10:19 am PDT, Mar 24,
Cierra Buer, Oregon
# 16,069:
10:19 am PDT, Mar 24,
Abigail Disalvo, Maryland
# 16,068:
10:18 am PDT, Mar 24,
Alexandra Espindola, Washington
# 16,067:
10:17 am PDT, Mar 24,
Michael C. McCarty, Ohio
# 16,066:
10:15 am PDT, Mar 24,
Deborah Fexis, New Hampshire
# 16,065:
10:15 am PDT, Mar 24,
Shayna Azeez, Colorado
Don't destroy this precious land!
Don't destroy this precious land!
# 16,064:
10:14 am PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Oklahoma
Please save one of our countries natural places. The life that exists their needs your protection. We are destroying our natural ecosystems if we allow this to be invaded.
Please save one of our countries natural places. The life that exists their needs your protection. We are destroying our natural ecosystems if we allow this to be invaded.
# 16,063:
10:14 am PDT, Mar 24,
Sam Maken, Colorado
# 16,062:
10:13 am PDT, Mar 24,
Randy McIntosh, North Carolina
# 16,061:
10:12 am PDT, Mar 24,
Judy Hamlin, Oklahoma
# 16,060:
10:12 am PDT, Mar 24,
Phyllis Elijah, California
# 16,059:
10:12 am PDT, Mar 24,
Joe & Lee Scheidler, Indiana
# 16,058:
10:09 am PDT, Mar 24,
Jeffrey Raheb, New York
# 16,057:
10:08 am PDT, Mar 24,
Tara Hancock, Pennsylvania
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
Make your letter more powerful - Tell the Forest Service why you want Idaho's roadless areas protected.
# 16,056:
10:05 am PDT, Mar 24,
Marie Woodward, Georgia
# 16,055:
10:04 am PDT, Mar 24,
Patricia Shear, Virginia
# 16,054:
10:04 am PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Do you not realise that forests are the lungs of the planet? Is the threat of global warming not enough to stop this? How STUPID can people be??!!
Do you not realise that forests are the lungs of the planet? Is the threat of global warming not enough to stop this? How STUPID can people be??!!
# 16,053:
10:01 am PDT, Mar 24,
Gio Ciaccio, Pennsylvania
# 16,052:
10:00 am PDT, Mar 24,
DENISE REYNA, Texas