Changed Quote by George Carlin

“Thoreau the “Patron Saint of Swamps” because he enjoyed being in them and writing about them said, “my temple is the swamp… When I…

— Henry David Thoreau

I look at it this way... For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests,…

— George Carlin

Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal projects have…

— Matt Gonzalez

A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking,…

— Elizabeth Cunningham

Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits…

— David Suzuki

Tundra is a huge, forever frozen wetland covering the entire coast of the Arctic Ocean.

— Palmer Cox

Im a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. Theres a practical reason, though, when it comes to…

— George W. Bush

For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost…

— Sandra Postel

He imagines Owens' body dotted with saltwater reservoirs just below the skin. An entire wetland, populated with tiny fish and birds, thriving in his…

— Lisa Lang

In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our…

— Cedric Richmond

The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The…

— Paul Brown

Explaining why President Bush wasn't following up on his campaign pledge that there would be no loss of wetlands: He didn't say that. He…

— Richard Darman