this is a very happy and historic
occasion for all who love the great
American outdoors and that needless to
say includes me the two bills that I’m
signing this morning are in the highest
tradition of our heritage as
conservators as well as users of
America’s bountiful natural endowments
the Wilderness Act really represents a
hallmark for this nation because there
was a moment in time where we decided to
protect the wild places that really
define our country and if you think
about it it was a real turning point in
history by giving us a measure of
humility as we balanced a really rapidly
developing nation with the notion that
we would leave some places alone
the web earnest bill preserves fire
posterity for all time to come
nine million acres of this vast
continent and the original and
unchanging beauty and wonder it has
grown from nine million acres to a
hundred and ten million acres 758 places
around 44 stays we have some of the
wildest places in the world really and
yet so many of those places people don’t
realize are under threat today and are
not protected so yes it’s great to
protect the Grand Canyon and you cemani
and Yellowstone but it’s also really
important to protect places in our own
backyards
it seems to me that this reflects a new
and a strong national consensus to look
ahead
we’ve come to recognize that we’ve got
to expand these areas and we’ve got to
connect them together to really protect
much larger areas for Fish and Wildlife
to persist and survive in an
ever-changing world even more important
now as we burn eyes as a nation as we’re
evermore focused on our digital screens
you have the opportunity to step out of
our frenzied lives and reconnect to
ourselves into the natural world is
really important for our well being
you
occasion for all who love the great
American outdoors and that needless to
say includes me the two bills that I’m
signing this morning are in the highest
tradition of our heritage as
conservators as well as users of
America’s bountiful natural endowments
the Wilderness Act really represents a
hallmark for this nation because there
was a moment in time where we decided to
protect the wild places that really
define our country and if you think
about it it was a real turning point in
history by giving us a measure of
humility as we balanced a really rapidly
developing nation with the notion that
we would leave some places alone
the web earnest bill preserves fire
posterity for all time to come
nine million acres of this vast
continent and the original and
unchanging beauty and wonder it has
grown from nine million acres to a
hundred and ten million acres 758 places
around 44 stays we have some of the
wildest places in the world really and
yet so many of those places people don’t
realize are under threat today and are
not protected so yes it’s great to
protect the Grand Canyon and you cemani
and Yellowstone but it’s also really
important to protect places in our own
backyards
it seems to me that this reflects a new
and a strong national consensus to look
ahead
we’ve come to recognize that we’ve got
to expand these areas and we’ve got to
connect them together to really protect
much larger areas for Fish and Wildlife
to persist and survive in an
ever-changing world even more important
now as we burn eyes as a nation as we’re
evermore focused on our digital screens
you have the opportunity to step out of
our frenzied lives and reconnect to
ourselves into the natural world is
really important for our well being
you
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