Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes

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.

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

I want the cleanest water, the freshest air and wildlife in abundance... but most of all I want a future for our children.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.

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

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.

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.

We have to start listening to nature now.

If you can unify the public mind saving an iconic species like the tiger, like they did with the panda, that means you have to protect their habitat and everything that they hunt. And that means saving massive, thousands of acres for them to be able to roam and breed. So it's more of a land effort.

I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that.

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

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

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River.

How can you save the rain forests, the planet's wildlife, without funds?

Protecting our Great Lakes and conserving this resource for the next generation is critical both for surrounding communities and our planet as a whole.

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

If we tackle deforestation in the right way, the benefits will be far-reaching - greater food security, improved livelihoods for millions of small farmers and indigenous people, more prosperous rural economies, and above all, a more stable climate.

As United Nations patron of the wilderness, one of my roles is to report back from the Earth's remaining wildernesses and to act as a voice for the wild.

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.