The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.

The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.

Nature will take precedence over the needs of the modern man.

We're all pretty individualistic.

I think the Colorado Plateau is the most scenic area in the world - let's begin with that. Not just the United States.

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest