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

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

I was a little too young to be a hippie.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

I started out as a Democrat.

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.

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.