Honor hunting & fishing heritage via more conservation lands
Honoring our hunting and fishing heritage. We are committed to protecting the lands used by hunters and anglers, and we will open millions of new acres of land to public hunting and fishing.
We will conserve and restore the habitats where wildlife flourish, expanding use of voluntary, incentive-based programs that target private landowners.
Source: The Democratic Platform for America, p.33-34
Jul 10, 2004
Reject choice of healthy economy vs. healthy environment
These are our commitments: we will make our air cleaner and our water purer. We will ensure our children can safely play in our neighborhoods, our families can enjoy our national parks, and our sportsmen can hunt and fish in our lakes and forests.
We will foster a healthy economy and a healthy environment by promoting new technologies that create good jobs and improve our world.
And we will work with our allies to achieve these goals and to protect the global environment, for this generation and future generations. We reject the false choice between a healthy economy and a healthy environment.
We know instead that farming, fishing, tourism, and other industries require a healthy environment. We know new technologies that protect the environment can create new high-paying jobs. We know a cleaner environment means a stronger economy.
We want to transform sprawl into growth. We support tax credits to build more livable communities. We should acquire lands for forests and recreation sites and set aside wildlife preserves. We support the building of high-speed rail systems. High-speed
rail reduces highway and airport congestion, improves air quality, stimulates the economy, and broadens the scope of personal choice for traveling between our communities. We support grants to Amtrak and the states for improving and rail routes.
Source: Democratic National Platform
Aug 15, 2000
We do not have to choose between economy and environment
Al Gore is committed to restoring the Everglades; protecting the coasts and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling; and preserving our forests. Democrats believe that communities, environmental interests, and government should
work together to protect resources while ensuring the vitality of local economies. Once Americans were led to believe they had to make a choice between the economy and the environment. They now know this is a false choice.
Source: Democratic National Platform
Aug 15, 2000
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