Available Quote by Wallace Stegner

Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed We need wilderness preserved —…

— Wallace Stegner

Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that…

— Wallace Stegner

We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing, in poetry, drawing and painting,…

— Olaus Murie

We have a country that we have to take care of.

— John S. Dickerson

“[Wild animals], and the beautiful landscapes that sustain them...possess a value and a virtue regardless of our dwindling connection with them. It seems that…

— Rick Bass

“This island of Earth of ours is finite in resources, including wilderness- particularly wilderness. The dwindling worldwide reservoir of wild lands must be the…

— David Brower

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go…

— Edward Abbey

To the sane and free it will hardly seem necessary to cross the continent in search of wild beauty, however easy the way, for…

— John Muir

What we lose in our great human exodus from the land is a rooted sense, as deep and intangible as religious faith, of why…

— Barbara Kingsolver

To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

— John Muir

There is something magnificent in having a country to love.

— James Russell Lowell

If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

— Steve Irwin