“Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures.” IfsHouseBornNaturalMillionsLandComputerMouthsAreasDeedsTreasureGoldenSilverGatesRecreationSpoonsAcresCanyonsGrand CanyonYosemiteYellowstoneSilver SpoonsPublic Lands Author:John Garamendi
“If we drill the hell out of everything, including protected public lands and fragile regions like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America can emerge as an 'energy superpower.'” IfsAmericaEnergyHellLandIncludingRegionsFragileProtectedRefugeWildlifeSuperpowerDrillsArcticPublic Lands Author:Jeff Goodell
“It is public land and we will do our best to provide recreational activities. We are looking at initially allowing kayak access, wade fishing, bicycle access and walking access on some of the interior roads.” LandWalkingActivityAccessFishingAllowingInteriorsBicycleWadePublic LandsRecreational Activities Author:John Wallace
“To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to the Bill containing a grant of public land to the Baptist Church at Salem Meeting House, Mississippi Territory. Having always regarded the practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government as essential to the purity of both, and as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, I could not have otherwise discharged my duty on the occasion which presented itself” StatesGovernmentReligionHouseBlackChurchUnitedUnited StatesLandDutyCitizensEssentialsConstitutionFellowsBillsMeetingsPracticalsOccasionsGreekPurityDistinctionAddressesGrantsTerritoryBaptistsObjectionsMississippiCarolinaContainingNorth CarolinaConstitution Of The United StatesCreeksApprovingSalemPublic Lands Author:James Madison
“My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home.” PeopleHomeYoungAbilityLandElementsFulfillingStewardshipPublic Lands Author:Sally Jewell
“How a regulation so unjust in itself, so foreign to the authority of Congress, and so hurtful to the sale of public land, and smelling so strongly of an antiquated bigotry, could have received the countenance of a committee is truly a matter of astonishment.” MatterAtheismLandAuthorityCongressPositive AtheismBigotryRegulationCommitteesUnjustCountenanceHurtfulAstonishmentPublic Lands Book:1769-1793 Source: 1769-1793
“The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations.” PeopleShouldMadeWholeGovernmentValuesInterestWaterResponsibilityGenerationsLandEnvironmentalAvailableForestsManageStreamsSustainabilityEntitledFederal GovernmentFuture GenerationWildlifeMineralsTimberJurisdictionUtilizationPublic Lands Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.” NationsSpaceLandBreathingBreathing SpacePublic Lands Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Wherever wolves run free, indigenous cultures have revered them as symbols of loyalty, free will, fearlessness and unity. But wolves haven't had it easy in North America, where negative myths prevail. Fear-based stereotypes and use of public lands for cattle ranching have resulted in Mother Nature's dogs being aggressively persecuted to the point of near extinction.” UseRunningAmericaMotherCultureEasyLandDogHavensNegativeUnityMythLoyaltySymbolsFree WillStereotypeExtinctionIndigenousFearlessnessMother NatureCattleNorth AmericaPersecutedPublic LandsIndigenous CultureRanching Author:Zoe Helene
“Some corporations don't want free markets, and they don't want democracy. They want profits. And they use our campaign finance system to loot our commons, to steal from our treasury, and the other shared resources of our community - the air, the water, the public lands, the wildlife, the things that belong to all of us that are held in trust for future generations. Corporations cannot act philanthropically in America.” WantUseAmericaWaterCommunityDemocracyGenerationsAirLandResourcesProfitCampaignsStealingFinanceCorporationsFree MarketFuture GenerationWildlifeOur CommunityTreasuryCampaign FinancePublic Lands Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“You'll have to have the governments sell off all of their public domains; sell off their railroads, sell off their public land. You'll essentially have to introduce neo-feudalism. You'll have to roll the clock of history back a thousand years, and reduce the European population to debt slavery. It's as simple a solution as the Eurozone has imposed on Greece. And it's a solution that the leaders and the banks are urging for responsible economists to promote for the population at large.” YearsGovernmentSimpleLeaderLandThousandSolutionsResponsibleSlaverySellsPopulationDebtClockIntroducingThousand YearsEconomistDomainGreeceRailroadsFeudalismEurozonePublic DomainPublic Lands Author:Michael Hudson
“They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race.” PeopleHumansWholeNaturalRacePovertyMillionsLandResourcesCrisisGreedHuman RaceFortyShelterDistressStolenNatural ResourcesPublic Lands Author:Denis Kearney