Gale Norton
Gale Norton
Gale Ann Nortonserved as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. She was the first woman to hold the position...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 March 1954
CountryUnited States of America
greater population toward
The greater Yellowstone's population of grizzlies, a population that once was plummeting toward extinction, has now recovered,
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This great icon of the American West now has a promising future. Our grandchildren's grandchildren will see grizzly bears roaming in mountains, forests and rivers in the Yellowstone area.
billions clearly
clearly will be in the billions of dollars.
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I look forward to visiting a national park and not holding a press conference in there. I look forward to being able to contemplate the wilderness without having reporters and their notebooks following me.
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It's primarily a question of how fast (processing) facilities get back on line,
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Major repairs may take months and some facilities into next year,
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communication, consultation, and cooperation, in the name of conservation.
competition energy higher means paying prices
There's more competition on the world market, which means that Americans will be paying higher prices and having even more need for energy security.
actively looking sales
We are actively looking at lease sales in the 181 area,
democrat
I started out as a Democrat.
government regulation way
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
long natural resources
Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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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.