The leadership and dedication shown by the Florida Wildlife Federation is in the finest tradition of the American Conservation movement today.

We have an area where a week ago it was full of trees and wildlife, now it's gone.

There will be no polar ice by 2060. Somewhere along that path, the polar bear drops out.

This is a first step, but it shows that we have choices to reduce our impact on global warming. Using the tools of a free market system, we can make a difference in combating the threat global warming poses to wildlife and to our children?s future.

Alison is what we need, the kind of new blood we need. She has the leadership skills, commitment and dedication to pull the party together.

The Republican leadership has every intention of putting language allowing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back into this bill in conference,