Gale Norton Quotes

Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.

The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges.

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

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding.

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

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be the most critical for saving elephants while there is still time.

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

I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that is to uphold international conservation law.

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

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

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

The Endangered Species Act was designed to preserve biodiversity, not enrich trial lawyers and political activists.

I think it would be more beneficial to protection of species if we could focus our efforts rather than paint a broad-brush area that is so enormous that active management is very, very difficult.

After numerous generations of people dedicated to killing wolves on the North American continent, one generation devoted itself to letting wolves live.

In every aspect of my life, I live under the protection of and in accordance to the laws of this nation. At the end of the day, it's a wildlife biological fact and a conservation fact that the game must be managed. There's only so much habitat, i.e. food, out there.

Preventing ongoing extinction of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other threatened species is critically important. By all means, we must set priorities for allocating finite conservation resources.

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.

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.

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

I do think we're an endangered species. But that we do have a plan to save the rainforest.

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

My job, my mission, what I have been put on this planet for is to save wildlife.

The purpose of the Conservation movement is to make our country a permanent and prosperous home for ourselves, and for our children, and for our children’s children.

I've visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and environment, the better equipped we are to play a leading role in protecting our planet.