Andie MacDowell Quotes

There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

Mississippians for the most part appreciate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management of our wildlife refuges and other natural resources.

We need to stand as a nation, a state, a community to protect wildlife and wild places for our children.

Part of what makes South Carolina so beautiful is the land we conserve for wildlife and for future generations.

The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.

I am proud to place Tercio Red River into a conservation easement forever protecting this spectacular landscape with Colorado Open Lands.

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.

Botanists have a tradition of never revealing the exact location of a rare plant. Contact between humans and rare plants is generally risky for the plants.

What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor.

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.

In real life, I am trying to save the Steve Irwin wildlife preserve. It's in Australia, up on Cape York, and it's in danger of being strip-mined.

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.

Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

The Great American Outdoors Act is landmark conservation legislation to protect our public lands, including right here in New Jersey.

Yellowstone wildlife is treasured. We understand that. We'll manage them in a way that addresses that sensitivity.

Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best tradition and example of land conservation in the world. It goes back a long way.

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

Steve worked tirelessly to promote conservation, wildlife, and the environment, and his work enabled the plight of endangered species to reach a whole new audience.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Most Africans don't get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more likely to become involved in protecting the environment.

The elephant can survive only if forests survive.