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"I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered."

"Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock."

"Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners."

"I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control."

"I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment."

"I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment."
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