We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.

The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.

Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow... the creation of new wilderness in the full sense of the word is impossible.

Agricultural science is largely a race between the emergence of new pests and the emergence of new techniques for their control.

Once you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with it. And I know many pleasant things it will do to you.

If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not.

Hydrologists have demonstrated that the meanderings of a creek are a necessary part of the hydrologic functioning. The flood plain belongs to the river. The ecologist sees clearly that for similar reasons we can get along with less channel improvement on Round River.