Roy Barnes Quotes

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

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites.

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

We have our work cut out to make sure our outdoors will always remain accessible.

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

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

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.

My two primary areas of focus have been open-space conservation and education, and I expect those to remain my priorities in the future. The Irvine open space and parklands provide serenity and balance to our unique Orange County lifestyle.

People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.

In the hierarchy of public lands, national parks by law have been above the rest: America's most special places, where natural beauty and all its attendant pleasures - quiet waters, the scents of fir and balsam, the hoot of an owl, and the dark of a night sky unsullied by city lights - are sacrosanct.

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

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

It is a commitment to our children and grandchildren to preserve a statewide network of land and water resources, prime agricultural and forestry lands, and natural, historic, and recreational areas for them to enjoy.

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

I will protect public lands.

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.

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

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

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

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.

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