The BLM is slated to put up 51,693 acres a total of 28 parcels on the auction block for oil & gas development in the Moab region. One parcel in particular 042 sits on top of numerous water sheds connected to Moab, another is within a half mile of a remote section of the Dolores river & numerous parcels just 20 miles south of Moab next to the small town of La Sal. Special places with names like Bridger Jack Mesa, Flat Iron Mesa, Browns Hole, Black Ridge, Kane Springs, The Lisbon Gap, The Dolores Triangle could all be affected. Moab Utah is the home of Arches & Canyonlands National Park, Dead Horse State Park & millions of acres of public lands. A gem in the eyes of the world the Moab region is one of the most scenic places on the planet, visited by millions of people every year from all over the world. Yet here we are in the fight of our lives as the BLM is slated to put numerous parcels on the auction block for oil & gas development. There was hardly any notice and there is a feeling that it is being fast tracked for approval. These parcels are in direct view of the Moab Valley, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park & beyond. If this development is approved Moab could lose its water supply because of contamination, lose its clean air from the off gassing from drilling and its beautiful view shed will be marked with oil platforms. Moab is in great jeopardy. Tim DeChristopher went to jail to protect this area because of this same threat and here Moab is once again under threat from oil & gas exploitation. I understand the need for oil and gas development, but I think we need to do this responsibly and not lease in areas that could adversely impact an entire towns water supply and clean air. A lot of water supplies & air have been contaminated across the U.S. due to fracking and natural gas exploration. The Blm has an oil & gas lease auction every year, this year they proposed over 80,000 acres but some were deferred, including 039 which was directly on Moab's watershed. Let's not create a situation that can't be undone. Moab needs not only its citizens to help save it but all out there in the world who love it. The comment period ends Friday October 19th at 4:30 pm. Bureau of Land Management Attention Melanie Hunter Moab Field Office 82 East Dogwood Moab, UT 84532 Or email to: [email protected] (Include "Lease Sale" in the Subject Line) http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ut/moab_fo/spotlight0.Par.6005.File.dat/General_area_maps_2013_parcels.pdf The Environmental Assessment- http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ut/moab_fo/spotlight0.Par.71546.File.dat/BLM-UTY010-2012- 0190EA_LeaseSale.pdf https://www.facebook.com/FrackingInMoab?fref=ts Please feel free to email me with any questions.

Millions of voters will get their information about the presidential candidates by watching the debates this fall. The first debate, on October 3rd, will be moderated by Jim Lehrer and will be focused exclusively on domestic issues. With a moderator like Jim Lehrer — whose show, the PBS NewsHour, has often covered climate change with the gravity that it requires — we have a real chance to generate a substantive discussion about global warming on the national stage…if he asks the candidates about the issue. Right now, the effects of climate change are causing hardship for people across the county — from flooding in the Southeast to drought in the Midwest to the wildfires in Colorado, where the debate is being held. So it would only be natural to assume that Mr. Lehrer should ask President Obama and Governor Romney to discuss how they plan to address global warming. Unfortunately, experience has taught us that we can’t assume much when it comes to climate change coverage in the national media. Despite the fact that July was the hottest month ever recorded in the U.S., only 8.7 percent of television segments that reported on the record-breaking heat waves made the connection to climate change, according to an analysis by Media Matters for America. But we can change that if we work together to push Lehrer to bring climate change into the national spotlight by asking asking tough questions during this debate. That's why we hope you'll sign our petition and share it with your community.

20% of Americans live in subdivisions that restrict or prohibit the use of clotheslines. I have been trying to get the right to dry for 5 years without success. I continue to be fined for having my clothesline visible. Clothes dryers are the second highest user of residential energy that also contributes to global warming. For the greater good, we all need to be able to conserve by using the simple benign clothesline.

I was recently a victim of a hit and run while riding my bicycle on Towana Road. I think the shoulders and roads over there need to expand to allow the flow of traffic along with bicyclers and pedestrians. I also think it is time for Richmond to pass a law mandating that three feet should be the minimum distance when passing a bike, expand the "following too closely" law to include following bicyclers, and that bicycle lanes be expanded throughout the city.

New Federal Subsistence moose hunting in the Hope Alaska area is depleteing the small moose population tremendously. A moose was shot up Palmer Creek Road at 2:30 in the morning.(That is illegal)Last year only two of the 4 or 5 moose that were shot were legal. Of those that were illegal were two cow. Cows allways have @ least 2 calves. The hunters were caught but if 2 or 3 were caught how many others were shot and not caught poaching. Moose hunting in the Hope Area has not been legal for at least 20 years because the moose population cannot bare it.

I feel that the production of all types of deodorant urinal cakes and toilet deodorizers should be stopped and even made illegal. Deodorant urinal cakes are a huge source of pollution and it is forever changing earth's drinking water. If many huge warehouses are filled with urinal cakes, ALL of them are meant to be dissolved into our water sources. It's bad enough that we have to deal with detergent, bleach and waste petroleum in our water but urinal cakes are stupid because they promote covering up something that just needs to be cleaned up. Deodorant urinal cakes are in every drop of water that we drink and it's going to get much worse, soon. Please boycott the use and sale of these stupid pollutants and force these chemical companies to stop manufacturing these pointless chemical poisons for your toilets. This poison can not even be used safely in ANY way. Every single one is meant to be dissolved in our water. This is bad.

People around the world are noticing that our planet's weather is dramatically changing. They are also beginning to notice the long lingering trails left behind airplanes that have lead millions to accept the reality of chemtrail/geoengineering programs. Could there be a connection between the trails and our severe weather? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEfJO0-cTis&feature=share

Rainwater harvesting from rooftops in all of California's major cities could save dwindling water supplies across the state. While California endures a drought and faces challenges with aging infrastructure, rainwater harvesting for landscaping and non potable home and business use, could pose a solution to California's water shortage crisis.

A C.A.F.O. is trying to force it's way into a currently forested area in a residential area in the town of Saratoga, WI. The soil is primarily sand and has a shallow water table with private wells as shallow as 20 feet deep. The C.A.F.O. wants to purchase 8,000 acres for crops and have a dairy with 5700 cows, calves, and heifers. The Saratoga water is at risk of contamination, in addition to 2 trout streams. The C.A.F.O. wants permission to install 47 high capacity wells. This amount of water draw will risk the aquifer and the nitrates will seep into the water table. Please help fight C.A.F.O.'s in Central WI !

Whereas most of our Country has many months and in some cases the entire year when bicycles could should be used as a significant means of transportation back and forth to: school, work, shopping malls/other stores and as a more general mode of transportation. Whereas many Americans continue to use fossil fuel cars for transportation and a significant saving could be assured by the use of bicycle power Whereas the use of a bicycle promotes health especially in weight reduction in younger populations were we have seen an alarming weight increase in part due to the semi-seditarian lifestyle of many Americans we can start to check said increases in weight and reduce them.

By meeting with oil and gas companies and expressing approval for hydrofacking in New York State, Governor Cuomo is putting our drinking water, our environment, our quality of life, and the future of our children and grandchildren at stake. As a resident of the Marcellus Shale Region, ground zero for fracking in NYS, my personal safety and the property value of my home are in dire danger. We are calling for Governor Cuomo to stand strong in support of New Yorkers and our drinking water, rather than succumbing to the financial desires of big oil and gas.

Extreme weather swings affect the most vulnerable: the elderly, those who are ill, and the young Extreme weather swings escalate health care costs, food costs, and threaten natural resources with floods, fire, landslides, and job destruction.