I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

I was a little too young to be a hippie.

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.

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

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

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