Tonight is a bright night. There's 1.9 million people who watch wildlife in this state. We applaud the council and the governor for the leadership they showed.

Part of what drew us here is the wildlife. Every night we see deer, bears, turkeys and coyotes. It's like living on the Serengeti.

We haven't bet the farm on just Alaska. We have people all over the place. We are training wildlife biologists, rangers and, in some places, the public health officers as to what to look for.

When you mention Nancy Wittenberg in one sentence and environmental regulation in another, my eyebrows immediately raise up.

The Builders Association has a perfect track record from my point of view: There's not one environmental protection that they haven't opposed.

It lays to rest, puts aside the argument . . . that the island shouldn't be conserved because it's an industrial wasteland.