Kristi Noem actually said...

"my concern is that with saying that the Forest Service and the Administration has no recommendations for changes to ESA, that we are saying that the route that we are going down is appropriate."

"I come from South Dakota where we fight the pine beetle epidemic that is going on in the Black Hills."

"We used to make money off of our Forest Service land in this country. Now it costs us money."

"some of these same environmental groups that do make comments come in later at different points and file these lawsuits."