Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing.

It is in midwinter that I sometimes glean from my pines... a curious transfusion of courage.

For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.

Keeping records enhances the pleasure of the search and the chance of finding order and meaning in these events.

The rich diversity of the world's cultures reflects a corresponding diversity in the wilds that gave them birth.

I love all trees, but I am in love with pines.