| # | Name | Comments |
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| 851 | Margaret MacDonnell | |
| 852 | Dan Teich | Please keep the Arboretum at its current funding level. We must value that which is most important to us. |
| 853 | Beverly Solomon | |
| 854 | Nicole Green | |
| 855 | Anonymous | Somethings don't have pricetag...they are priceless.
Please use our money as the legislation establishing the National Aboretum designated. |
| 856 | Judith Williams | |
| 857 | George Martyn | |
| 858 | Alice Manini | |
| 859 | Jason Gulvas | |
| 860 | patricia acadia | |
| 861 | Ira Tattelman | We cannot promote education without the minimal funding that is now being cut back. The arboretum is a national resource especially in this time of green promotion. Let's hold onto and promote the DC resources that have an experiential effect on their visitors and users. Restore and increase National Arboretum funding. |
| 862 | Audrey E. Ehrler | The Arboretum is a place of peace, grace and beauty. It is an oasis in the heart of a busy city and our Nation's Capitol. It is a place where educational opportunities abound. It is our Nation's Garden, where both US citizens and foreign visitors can view natural beauty and seek solace. I urge President Bush and our law makers to visit the US Arboretum and then vote to reverse the proposed budget. Please support this National Treasure by re-instating the funds needed to operate our Nation's Garden properly. |
| 863 | Nancy Zearfoss | The National Arboretum is true national treasure. Do not let it be shut down. |
| 864 | Evelyn Nolan | |
| 865 | Anonymous | Please re-think the reductions -- it's a lean operation to start with. Most important, the national arboretum provides a great place for the urban public -- both those who visit from out of town and those who live here -- to appreciate the enormous value of shared green space. It's gorgeous, too! |
| 866 | Anonymous | |
| 867 | D. Reynolds | |
| 868 | Rebecca Stack | |
| 869 | Antoinette Conrad | The National Arboretum should be fully funded. I have seen beautiful gardens in Europe which are government funded. We need to cherish our national treasures instead of ruining them. |
| 870 | Sharon Fortunak | Please support the National Arboretum. Thank you. |
| 871 | Micah Watson | The Arboretum is one of DC's greatest treasures, both for its importance to the environment and for its contributions to human community, sustenance and enhancement. Please do everything you can to keep it a free, public resource for everyone. |
| 872 | Matthew Bansfield | |
| 873 | Helen Josephson | |
| 874 | CAROLYN wells | |
| 875 | Anonymous | |
| 876 | John Tobe, Ph. D. | The national arboretum was instrumental in providing plant material both from the living collections and from the herbarium for my graduate work. |
| 877 | margaret walker | Please reinstate the full funding for our National Arboretum; a national treasure, premier research institution, and favorite peaceful place for my family to visit. |
| 878 | Eileen Walker | I grew up in the 40's and 50's at the Plant Introducton Garden, Bell Station, MD, and my dad worked for some of the people who were involved with the Arboretum, among them B.Y. Morrison and Dr. John Creech, so the arboretum is an important part of my history. We must preserve its programs! |
| 879 | Anne Markulis | |
| 880 | Anne Markulis | |
| 881 | David J. Walker | |
| 882 | Natasha Dachos | Please save this national treasure! |
| 883 | Michael Walker | |
| 884 | John Walker | |
| 885 | Helen Butt | |
| 886 | Anonymous | |
| 887 | william russell | |
| 888 | inge szucs | |
| 889 | Dimitry Usaris | |
| 890 | John L. Ehrler | The National Arboretum must be rescued from the threat of such severe cuts in programs. Especially important is to ensure that weekends remain open for the enjoyment of friends and visitors. |
| 891 | Marie Wheatley | Please restore the $2 million dollars for the National Arboretum. It is important to highlight and exhibit the results of the ARS research activities. |
| 892 | Anonymous | |
| 893 | Corinn Mauldin | |
| 894 | Leslie Millar | |
| 895 | Jay Miller | |
| 896 | Dana R. Shaw | In a time when our planet is under stress due to climate change and pollution, it is of the utmost importance to keep up the research needed to preserve our plant life and enlarge our species collection, and staff to maintain the Arboretum collections that educate and inspire the next generation to preserve our world. |
| 897 | Dana R. Shaw | In a time when our planet is under stress due to climate change and pollution, it is of the utmost importance to keep up the research needed to preserve our plant life and enlarge our species collection, and staff to maintain the Arboretum collections that educate and inspire the next generation to preserve our world. |
| 898 | Erin Clark | I recently left the Arboretum as a place of employment because they cannot afford to pay competive salaries to the good employees they have now. Please don't force the wonderful people remaining to leave or be cut because of further budget cuts. Many people around the city and beyond come to the Arboretum for peace, tranquility and garden learning. The vital programs and maintenance of Educations and Gardens would be cut if this atrocity goes through. Please let the Arboretum see another 80 years. |
| 899 | Douglas Wolters | Save and expand the Arboretum!! |
| 900 | Cheryl Mackay | |