Fall Quote by Nick Rahall

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions,…

— Nick Rahall

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous…

— Nick Rahall

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

It always seems to me odd to call a place a wilderness when every wilderness area in the US bristles with rules and regulations…

— Jonathan Raban

Wilderness is the very stuff America is made of.

— Aldo Leopold

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.

— George Aiken

Wilderness is not so much a place, but a feeling about one.

— Roderick Nash

If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.

— Edward Abbey

I am asserting that those who love the wilderness should not be wholly deprived of it, that while the reduction of the wilderness has…

— Aldo Leopold

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for…

— Michael Pollan

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

— Stewart Udall

The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that…

— Edward Abbey