In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

I was a little too young to be a hippie.

I started out as a Democrat.

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

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.

Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.