I Believe In The American Tradition Of

We Did Not Choose To Be The Guardians Of The Gate, But There Is No One Else.

An Unspoiled River Is A Very Rare Thing In This Nation Today. Their Flow And Vitality Have Been Harnessed By Dams And Too Often They Have Been Turned Into Open Sewers By Communities And By Industries. It Makes Us All Very Fearful That All Rivers Will Go This Way Unless Somebody Acts Now To Try To Balance Our River Development.

A Clear Stream, A Long Horizon, A Forest Wilderness And Open Sky - These Are Man's Most Ancient Possessions. In A Modern Society, They Are His Most Priceless.

Americans Have Always Built For The Future. That Is Why We Established Land Grant Colleges And Passed The Homestead Act To Open Our Western Lands More Than 100 Years Ago.

In A Nation Of Millions And A World Of Billions, The Individual Is Still The First And Basic Agent Of Change.