Conservation Quote by Sigurd F. Olson

Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity…

— Aldo Leopold

“Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity…

— Aldo Leopold

Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that don't want to see land set aside.

— Douglas Tompkins

The road to conservation is paved with good intentions that often prove futile, or even dangerous, due to a lack of understanding of either…

— Aldo Leopold

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

— Aldo Leopold

We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon…

— Pat Paulsen

Conservation viewed in its entirety, is the slow and laborious unfolding of a new relationship between people and land.

— Aldo Leopold

A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the…

— Aldo Leopold

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Ownership shatters ecology. For the land to survive, for us to survive, it must cease to be property. It cannot continue to sustain us…

— Aurora Levins Morales

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.

— William Howard Taft