Americans Agree - Don't Destroy Our National Forests!
The Forest Service has received more than 2.5 million comments in support of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a historic rule enacted to protect the last third of our national forests. It ensures that our last wild forests will continue to provide clean drinking water for millions of Americans, wildlife habitat, and endless recreational opportunities.
Unfortunately, these protections could be lost forever. On Dec. 23, at the behest of powerful timber companies, the Bush administration exempted our largest national forest, Alaska's Tongass Rainforest, from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
And now, Bush administration officials are planning to allow governors in the Lower 48 states to seek exemptions for national forests in their states, jeopardizing pristine forests across the country.
Ask your governor to call on the Bush administration to protect our last wild forests by keeping the Roadless Rule intact and reinstating the rule in the Tongass.
We signed the “Save Our Last Remaining Forests” petition!
# 21,305:
7:58 am PDT, Sep 22,Name not displayed, Canada
Forests are the habitat for animals and they help clean and preserve our air and environment.
# 21,304:
4:07 am PDT, Sep 22,Dan Rather CBS News, New York
CBS news now demands that John Kerry step down and admiit he lied to us at CBS news, Kerry is a known and proven liar , I Dan Rather demand he step down as a canidate , awarding the election to president Bush in a public statement on CBS news !!!!!! I Dan Rather will now vote Bush , and I urge all others to do so as well, kerry is a cheat and liar , I found that out big time !!!!!!! We can not afford to have a liar such as Kerry for a USA president !!! Vote Bush in the Name of God vote Bush !!!!!
# 21,303:
7:49 am PDT, Sep 21,Robin Clarke, Massachusetts
I don't have comment
# 21,302:
9:46 am PDT, Sep 20,Name not displayed, New York
I LOVE THE FORESTS. QUIT KILLIN THEM!
# 21,301:
9:59 pm PDT, Sep 19,Adriana Volona, Australia
keep the forrest clean, pure..important for healthy eco systen upon which human life depends....traffic will introduce air.land and water pollution from exhaust emissions,etc
# 21,300:
7:33 pm PDT, Sep 19,Gary Lewis, United Kingdom
Please stop the destruction of mother natures earth
# 21,299:
1:23 pm PDT, Sep 19,Sky Williamson, Oregon
THERE IS VERY LITTLE BEAUTY LEFT IN THIS WORLD PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE LITTLE THAT IS LEFT.
# 21,298:
12:32 pm PDT, Sep 19,Karissa C., Louisiana
No comment.
# 21,297:
8:52 am PDT, Sep 19,Amy J. Smith, Illinois
It's getting down to no forests,lets save what we have~before they are all gone~Imagine not having any....
# 21,296:
5:43 am PDT, Sep 19,Melody Barczak, Michigan
Because there are enough areas of land with roads and kmarts. I need to see trees and animals... not another 4 lane highway.
# 21,295:
11:00 am PDT, Sep 18,Helen Stryker, Washington
We need all the unique ecosystems in order to have a quality of life. Forests are apart of that need.
# 21,294:
12:56 am PDT, Sep 18,Verity Woods, Australia
roads suck
1:59 am PDT, Sep 17,LUCINDA AARON, South Carolina
save environment
# 21,291:
4:37 pm PDT, Sep 16,Name not displayed, Oregon
We're turning this beautiful country of ours into a paved sewer. We must have some unspoiled areas. And there must be some viable habitat remaining for wildlife.
# 21,290:
1:10 pm PDT, Sep 16,Tihana Jurican, Croatia
Because one can really relax in a forest. Without traffic and phones.
# 21,289:
8:26 am PDT, Sep 16,Carrie Karr, West Virginia
This needs to be supported!
# 21,288:
7:04 pm PDT, Sep 15,Donna Becker, Washington
Another reason to get Bush and Cheney out of washington!!!!!!
# 21,287:
4:36 pm PDT, Sep 15,Cassandra Ashbrook, Oklahoma
Bush & Chenney, Planetary distruction starting in your back yard.
# 21,286:
11:10 am PDT, Sep 15,Mali Teisan, California
Please help save whatever is left of your forests!!!
# 21,285:
7:53 pm PDT, Sep 14,Ursula Thomas, Georgia
SAVE THE FORESTS
# 21,284:
5:04 pm PDT, Sep 14,Name not displayed, Texas
It is important because when you cut the trees down your distroying hundreds of animals houses.
# 21,283:
10:38 pm PDT, Sep 13,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
What other signals of earth do we still need to be convinced that it's timetotake care ofourplanet and OUR future?
# 21,282:
10:18 pm PDT, Sep 13,Nelda Gunawan, Indonesia
we really need to save our world from exploitation
# 21,281:
2:53 pm PDT, Sep 13,Name not displayed, Colorado
This legislation is so important because of the wildlife and ecosystems that road detroy.
# 21,280:
10:31 am PDT, Sep 13,Name not displayed, Norway
We don't need more roads, and forests are important for wildlife.
# 21,279:
10:21 am PDT, Sep 13,Cecilie Willesen, Denmark
they are our loungs. there is animals living ind them, and they have the right to live there. no one has īthe right to take that away from them
# 21,278:
5:46 am PDT, Sep 13,Sharon Long, Massachusetts
Please save the open spaces......... we need no more roads.............save the homes of the wild...........
# 21,277:
7:06 pm PDT, Sep 11,Dallas DeLuca, New Jersey
This is our last chance to save the last pristine areas in our country, our last ties to how our country and our people existed and developed as we forged this great country 200 years ago.
# 21,276:
4:00 pm PDT, Sep 11,Annamaria Notaristefano, Italy
The forests are the green lungs of the world.Produce oxegen,and it are marvellous.We need the forests.
# 21,275:
4:46 am PDT, Sep 11,Janet Schmauss, Louisiana
Cuz it is :).
# 21,274:
10:49 pm PDT, Sep 10,Stephanie Hazlett, Ohio
because we need areas with no roads, areas that are truly wild
# 21,273:
9:57 pm PDT, Sep 9,Name not displayed, New Mexico
Campaign contributions are at stake here..if the governor can seek exemptions, then big companies will line the pockets of candidates for the exemptions and receive them. As someone who has seen a lot of forested areas by road, logging can be done otherwise and just as safe. It just does not take as many people. Building a road to Juneau may be an exception to this rule, but we are talking about over logging here, not aimless road building.
# 21,272:
8:07 pm PDT, Sep 9,Name not displayed, Alabama
There has to be a stopping point sometime. That time is now.
# 21,271:
8:35 am PDT, Sep 9,Ragan Rockwell, Arkansas
We need to maintain our natural habitats and our animals before they're all gone!
# 21,270:
7:41 pm PDT, Sep 8,Paulette Massakowski, Pennsylvania
We are loosing too much natural habitat for wild animals, soon there will be no more animals.
# 21,269:
2:20 pm PDT, Sep 8,Ferrell Bullock, South Carolina
Ok Cindy Smith! YES WE ALL LIVE WHERE FORESTS ONCE WERE! BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN WE SHOULD JUST CHOP DOWN EVERY TREE AND FOREST! WTF!? WITHOUT TREES OUR AIR IS WORSE, WITHOUT TREES THERES NO SHADE, WITHOUT TREES OUR WEATHER WILL NOT BE THE SAME! OK! SO BEFORE YOU GO AND BLABBER OFF ABOUT SHIT LIKE THAT DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
7:24 pm PDT, Sep 7,Karen K, Florida
Please read the book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein
# 21,266:
7:50 am PDT, Sep 7,Rebecca Mackay, United Kingdom
Save our forests, they help keep pur planet green!!
# 21,265:
4:53 am PDT, Sep 6,Christina M., Sweden
The forest is the home of thousands of species..what would you say/do if your home was taken away from you?
# 21,264:
4:14 pm PDT, Sep 4,Kathleen Warch, Rhode Island
Without forests species that depend on the forests will be lost forever.
# 21,263:
9:38 pm PDT, Sep 3,Natalie Robinson, Australia
forests were here first you should learn to live around them!!
# 21,262:
5:25 pm PDT, Sep 3,Name not displayed, Indiana
The forests are also important to our planet. We don't want them to disappear because they are also important environments. They are beautiful places and would reduce carbon dioxide into more oxygen.
# 21,261:
10:19 pm PDT, Sep 2,Name not displayed, Illinois
A deer or bear does not need a road to navigate the forest.... only stupid republicans
# 21,260:
8:55 pm PDT, Sep 2,Susan Guerth, Pennsylvania
Do you want to tell your grandchildren, "Ah, yes, I remember forests. We used to have them on Earth."?
# 21,259:
3:23 pm PDT, Sep 2,Name not displayed, France
i like forest
# 21,258:
3:21 pm PDT, Sep 2,Yann Germain, France
Forest are the life of the world.
# 21,257:
9:28 am PDT, Sep 2,Julie Larsen, California
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# 21,256:
4:49 am PDT, Sep 2,Brandon Franz, Washington
To save our forests for future generations to enjoy as we do now.
# 21,255:
8:28 pm PDT, Sep 1,Calif Cowgirl, California
"...where the deer and the antelope play..." is not a location that requires roads.
# 21,254:
4:33 pm PDT, Sep 1,Kiera Squires, Washington
Forests are places out of civilization. Let's keep them that way.
# 21,253:
9:26 am PDT, Sep 1,Jeannette Strate, Ohio
WE must save what little forest we have left.
# 21,252:
7:41 am PDT, Sep 1,Rosana Ladik, Illinois
Our planet is being devastated by mankind. If we do not take steps to hold things in check, our planet will not survive. We will not survive as a species, if we do not look toward the future.
# 21,251:
9:53 pm PDT, Aug 31,Holly Richardson, Ohio
Roads negatively impact wilderness habitat. The very creation of roads themselves, is a devastating intrusion into non-human ecosystems. Wild means wild, no human constuction of any kind, in our wilderness areas. The wilderness is beautiful, sacred, and not 'safe'. The Wilderness offers us a true picture of biodiverse sustainability, IT IS NOT OUR PERSONAL PLAYGROUND! Parks are for that.
