My father was a soil scientist with the Geological Survey.
I'm a little different from all those conservation types.
The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.
The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.
How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.
The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.