We have a certain group of people in this country that seem to want to lock up our national treasures, our national parks, and cherished places and keep the public from enjoying them.

...it is disquieting to feel that the conversion into a National Forest or Park always means the esthetic death of a piece of wild country.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

It depends who you talk to. There are people who are very upset about the president, ... But I have not felt that I want to make it a partisan issue in the campaign, so I have not had a lot of comment about it.

If our national parks are going to be reduced to performing only the bare minimum of ?core operations,' the public ought to be given some say as to what is considered essential.

I don't know. You'd have to ask the National Parks Department.