Bruce Babbitt Quotes

In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.

Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.

Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on.

Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

We need to protect our wilderness areas and national parks. Everywhere you travel, you see blight, denuded mountains, logging. If people know what's going on, they'll become activists to safeguard those places.

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.

Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that don't want to see land set aside.

The Great American Outdoors Act is a significant opportunity to invest in our public lands, including treasures in the 11th District like the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and Morristown National Historical Park.

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.

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.

We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.

I've already made a substantial commitment to wildlife by putting my land in the easement. It won't be developed. It will remain there in perpetuity - will be there for the wildlife.

This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts.

Last year, I co-sponsored the Highlands Conservation Act and in a bipartisan effort we passed the bill through Congress.

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.

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.

National Parks are the gold standard for conservation.

I will work tirelessly to ensure our public lands are managed and preserved in a way that benefits everyone for generations to come.

I look forward to making the Department of Interior and America great again.

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

I want my children and my grandchildren to live in a world with clean air, pure drinking water, and an abundance of wildlife, so I've chosen to dedicate my life to wildlife conservation so I can make the world just a little bit better.

I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away.