The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

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The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for...

We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for...

Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out...

Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out...

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part...

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part...

Sooner or later we've got to tie the saving of the natural world to our...

Sooner or later we've got to tie the saving of the natural world to our...

That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople.

That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople.

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said...

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said...

Haiti looks like a bomb hit it.

Haiti looks like a bomb hit it.

We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park.

We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our...

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our...

I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical...

I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical...

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed...

Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed...

There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.

There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it...

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it...

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and...

But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and...

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.