We must find better and more efficient ways to use our timber supply, ways which are consistent with our environmental values.

Forest protection does not limit our resources but 'on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies.'

I have further requested that the Senate give its consent to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, adopted in November 1972 by the United States and 91 other nations.

Our country has been greatly blessed in natural resources, through a combination of temperate weather and fertile land.

I HAVE received today the findings and recommendations of my Advisory Panel on Timber and the Environment.

The price of economic growth need not be the deterioration of our lives and our surroundings.

For every $1 spent to fight pollution 4 years ago, we have budgeted $3.50 this year.

The bill is thus one of the first fruits of our new emphasis on careful advance analysis of environmental challenges.

We share the oceans with all who live on this planet.

The establishment of 200 new parks is an accomplishment of which we can be proud.

We must deal too with the problems of our environment and with the need to assure that continued economic growth will lead to actual improvements in the quality of life.

It is my hope that other governments will also take steps to strengthen the work of the International Whaling Commission.

I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim April, 1972 to be National Check Your Vehicle Emissions Month.

In recent years, as we know, the quality of the Great Lakes' water has been declining, with ominous implications for 30 million Americans and 7 million Canadians who live near their shores

WE NEED the tonic of wildness.

My decision today is intended to secure the future not only of the Big Cypress but also of an adequate water supply for the western part of Everglades National Park.

I do not see the problem of cleaning up the environment as being one of the people versus business, of Government versus business.

The battle for a better environment can be won, and we are winning it.