Pillage, rape, & plunder oceans and National lands

It is very sad what he’s doing to our country and the whole world. What’s even sadder is the many Americans who cheer on this garbage because they hate liberals more than they love the U.S. and the earth.

We ARE doomed.

National parks have been underfunded for years therefore all the repairs needed. Very few parks have entry fees,therefore no income for repairs.

I have voiced my opinion to my elected officials. We all need to let Washington know how we feel about the sad state of NPS properties. We can’t blame the current conditions of our parks on Trump but we can blame any future marine issues caused by new drilling on him.

LucyG what exactly do you mean by “ we are doomed”?

I mean that the damage he’s doing to the world, environmentally speaking and in matters of war and peace, and caring for the least among us, and the damage he’s doing to our country, constitutionally, legally, politically, financially, socially, in foreign affairs, national defense, public and private civility, health care, public health, the justice system, environment, education, immigration, infrastructure, public lands and waters, and to the spirit and soul of the majority of Americans who oppose him, and really, even of those who support him, will take decades, maybe generations to heal.

I’m sure I left out a few things, too.

This is an example of the kind of trashing of the country that trump is removing what protections were in place to prevent.   A current example is shortly after trump took office the Republicans pushed a bill through that trump signed that made it ok for the crap from coal mines to be dumped into the streams around the mines.  The mine in the example below has not been used since the 1950’s.  Who knows what the long term affects will be with the dumping of the coal crap into the streams around the mines and once identified, how long it will take to clean it up.

From the Press Democrat..

“Mercury contamination in Clear Lake a legacy of mining”

”CLEAR LAKE­­ — Standing on a bluff overlooking Clear Lake, it’s possible for Elem Indian Colony elder Jim Brown III to envision a time more than 10,000 years ago, when humans first arrived and settled the area.

“We are the oldest tribe classified as Pomo ever created,” the tribal historian said, explaining there were large geysers and hot springs close to the lake “where our people did our sweats. Thousands traveled to the place.”

But what was once an area of spiritual significance is today a toxic dump. For more than a century, an abandoned mine named Sulphur Bank has leached tons of mercury into Clear Lake and poisoned not only the food chain and the fish the tribe traditionally relied on, but possibly the people, too.

Fifteen years and several cleanup operations after it was made a high priority by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sulphur Bank still defies efforts to stop the contamination.

This spring, the EPA expects to complete a feasibility study describing its latest evaluation and possible cleanup method that will be available for public review and comment.

Clear Lake is a poster child for mercury contamination, but is not unique. The state has identified roughly 150 “mercury impaired” reservoirs including Lake Sonoma, Lake Mendocino, Lake Berryessa and Lake Pillsbury. Even Spring Lake in Santa Rosa is on the list for future study, due to concerns about mercury levels in fish.

Contaminated runoff from abandoned mines impacts tens of thousands of acres of public and private land, along with groundwater and hundreds of streams, rivers and lakes, according to the California Department of Conservation.”



Spring Lake is where I get my water from.