Joy Covey Quotes

For almost two centuries, American gray wolves, vilified in fact as well as fiction, were the victims of vicious government extermination programs. By the time the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, only a few hundred of these once-great predators were left in the lower 48 states.

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

After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.

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

It does seem like, in the world today, we've moved further and further away from wildlife. There's that sense of whatever you're scared of, you just want it to go away. Here in Australia Zoo, part of our ongoing plan is that re-connection.

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

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

The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.

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.

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

The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them.

If you want to save a species, simply decide to eat it. Then it will be managed - like chickens, like turkeys, like deer, like Canadian geese.

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

If you want psychic gratification, one of the greatest ways is to know that you've made a real contribution to saving a species from blinking out during your lifetime.

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

We have more endangered species here in our islands than any other state in the country.

The struggle to save every possible species and ecosystem from the current wave of destruction is worthwhile. One day, perhaps within our lifetimes, they could repopulate a thriving world.

To those who have always wondered how they might best serve the wider world, wildlife conservation is, at its core, one of the purest forms of giving.

You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct.

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

It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat.

Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.

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.

Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station.

The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period.