Nonconformity Is The Highest Evolutionary Attainment Of

Wilderness Is A Resource Which Can Shrink But Not Grow... The Creation Of New Wilderness In The Full Sense Of The Word Is Impossible.

Teach The Student To See The Land, Understand What He Sees, And Enjoy What He Understands.

The Only True Development In American Recreational Resources Is The Development Of The Perceptive Faculty In Americans. All Of The Other Acts We Grace By That Name Are, At Best, Attempts To Retard Or Mask The Process Of Dilution.

Wilderness Is A Resource Which Can Shrink But Not Grow. Invasions Can Be Arrested Or Modified In A Manner To Keep An Area Usable Either For Recreation, Science Or For Wildlife, But The Creation Of New Wilderness In The Full Sense Of The Word Is Impossible. It Follows, Then, That Any Wilderness Program Is A Rearguard Action, Through Which Retreats Are Reduced To A Minimum.

The Last Word In Ignorance Is The Man Who Says Of An Animal Or Plant: 'what Good Is It?