I think it is far more important to save one square mile of wilderness, anywhere, by any means, than to produce another book on the subject. - Edward Abbey

Water, water, water.… There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount, a perfect ratio of water to rock, of water to sand, insuring that wide, free, open, generous spacing among plants and animals, homes and towns and cities, which makes the arid West so different from any other part of the nation. There is no lack of water here, unless you try to establish a city where no city should be.

If I should object to force I will be arrested. If I object to arrest I will be clubbed. If I defend myself against clubbing I will be shot. These procedures are known as The Rule of Law.

We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.