Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat.

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

We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.

Dense overgrown forests and rangelands have grown like a cancer. They need to be treated.

My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.

I believe strongly that we need to get beyond rhetoric, beyond industry and environmentalists fighting with each other, and seriously solve problems.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?