To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowing. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.

The worthiness of any cause is not measured by its clean record, but by its readiness to see the blots when they are pointed out, and to change its mind.

The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.

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.