Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.

We Americans are a funny people. We say that our favorite outdoor recreation is 'walking for pleasure' (or so it is reported in Outdoor Recreation Trends). Yet the average housewife will jump into the family car-or one of them-to go around the corner for a bottle of aspirin and a television guide. The businessman who walks four blocks to an appointment is the exception rather than the rule.

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.

A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save open spaces, encourage wiser land use, and contribute greatly to ending suburban sprawl.

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

Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.

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.