Carl Hiaasen Quotes

She was green when green wasn't in. From sea to shining sea, Lady Bird Johnson has left her legacy in a more beautiful America. From millions of trees and wildflowers planted, to interstates free from billboards and replaced with green.

To this day, I enjoy nature, the luxury of undisturbed wilderness, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers and deserts and their wildlife. But I also know that the greatest danger to their perpetuity is the pressure of human population.

If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images.

It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations.

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

My father was the Florida state director of The Nature Conservancy.

It is imperative for us to protect the flora and fauna around us.

I am passionate about many things but conserving our planet and its species is a high priority of mine.

The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle. But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me. Have I done all to keep the air fresh? Have I cared enough about the water? Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom? Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?

The philosophy that I have worked under most of my life is that the serious study of natural history is an activity which has far-reaching effects in every aspect of a person's life. It ultimately makes people protective of the environment in a very committed way. It is my opinion that the study of natural history should be the primary avenue for creating environmentalists.

To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.

wild flowers should be enjoyed unplucked where they grow.

Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

I have been fighting climate change and working to improve our environment.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Unfortunately there are countries who are still destroying it, but we really hope the conservation message rubs off in our film. Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

In terms of wilderness preservation, Alaska is the last frontier. This time, given one great final chance, let us strive to do it right. Not in our generation, nor ever again, will we have a land and wildlife opportunity approaching the scope and importance of this one.

Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.

You are worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us. And I share your concern. What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things by which we live...And we want to protect and conserve the land on which we live - our countryside, our rivers and mountains, our plains and meadows and forests. This is our patrimony. This is what we leave to our children. And our great moral responsibility is to leave it to them either as we found it or better than we found it.

Experience nature. Then you know why it's worth protecting.

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

It's all connected. When you save any part of the world, you've saved the whole world. In fact, that's the only way it can be done.

You have a whole life in the outdoors, you realize you have a sense of responsibility to protect these wild places.