The problem, then, is how to bring about a striving for harmony with land among a people many of whom have forgotten there is any such thing as land, among whom education and culture have become almost synonymous with landlessness. This is the problem of conservation education.

No one would rather hunt woodcock in October than I, but since learning of the sky dance I find myself calling one or two birds enough. I must be sure that, come April, there be no dearth of dancers in the sunset sky.

Individual thinkers since the days of Ezekiel and Isaiah have asserted that the despoliation of land is not only inexpedient but wrong. Society, however, has not yet affirmed their belief.

We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.

Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands.

Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild.

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?