Political Quotes

Many people claim that conservation and economic success are mutually exclusive. However, I believe the two do go hand in hand.

conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.

I think under RAWA you would have about $13 million a year, but you probably have the potential to generate $30 or $40 million a year to do wildlife management where you don't have something like a timber resource to pay it back.

So, it is really not about a species, it is about habitat. And this bill is focused on restoring habitat, not somehow magically waving a wand and recovering a species. It all comes back to habitat.