Gale Norton

Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains. ”

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment. ”

These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion. ”

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment. ”

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment. ”

Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners. ”

My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule. ”

We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered. ”

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving. ”

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation. ”