#wilderness

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#existence #humans #important #life #quality

The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#arctic #coastal #complete #ecosystem #home

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. ↗

— James Longstreet

#bad #battle #being #honest #many

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. ↗

— John Muir

#clearest #forest #into #through #universe

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. ↗

— John Muir

#alaska #countries #lover #most #wilderness

It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext. ↗

— Leslie What

#hermit #literature #simile #wilderness #funny

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#concern #culture #environmentalists #kind #landscape

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#merits #own #pro #quid #quo

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#cannot #committee #ever #fact #half

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#comes #common #common denominator #denominator #designation