Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Edward Babbittis an American politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Babbitt served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987, and as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 through 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 June 1938
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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change the entire culture of prescribed fire and to make sure that it doesn't happen again.
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It's a hopeful message that we have found ways to live in balance with God's creation and with all the nature around us,
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Stewart Udall, more than any other single person, was responsible for reviving the national commitment to conservation and environmental preservation.
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It's clear that there were large mistakes of agency oversight. Lessons must be learned from this.
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It's going to be a long tough summer, ... There's no relief in sight. We've got September and October to go.
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You can't spawn your way over a concrete dam,
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The causal chain of this fire is quite complex, ... I would liken it to what happens on a mountainside when a rock is dislodged, starts rolling down a hill, pretty soon there are more rocks clattering down the hill ... soon there's an avalanche.
The entitlement for more than 100 years has been rock-bottom grazing fees,
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It's a very tough situation, ... We've got two, three more weeks, maybe a month of fire season, and the weather prognosis is not very good.
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Efforts to obscure the truth will not and cannot change the facts,
What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West.
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Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.