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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with lov...more

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The boundary between tame and wild exists only in the imperfections of the human mind.

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Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility. The shallow-minded modern wh...more

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To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

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The practices we now call conservation are, to a large extent, local alleviations of biotic pain. They are necessary, but they must not be confused wi...more

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I am convinced that most Americans of the new generation have no idea what a decent forest looks like. The only way to tell them is to show them.