Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Edward Babbittis an American politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Babbitt served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987, and as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 through 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 June 1938
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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With those mistakes embedded in it, the process began with the agency and participants behind the curve.
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Had those calculations been properly done there would have been a larger background personnel and support, ... With those mistakes embedded in it, the process began with the (Forest Service) agency and participants behind the curve.
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We have no choice but to manage these forests to get the fuel loads down. We can't abandon this program. What we've got to do instead is to correct the mistakes,
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This process has gone from distasteful to obscene,
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The creation of the Grand Staircase was a major chapter in the history of our public lands,
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Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest.
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We had kind of a rocky start, but I spent a lot of time working with the President and handing him statistics and showing him what we were doing as we went along and kind of saying to him, you know, this is really important.
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We must identify our enemies and drive them into oblivion.
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The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago.
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It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.
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Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.
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I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.
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Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.
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We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.