“In this legislation, what is included in here is the protection of over 26 million acres of land within the Bureau of Land Management under the newly created National Landscape Conservation System.  It also protects over a thousand miles of America’s rivers as wild and scenic rivers.  It also creates expansions and protections for national iconic parks from Rocky Mountain National Park to Oregon’s Mount Hood.  It does a number of other things that make sure that we are moving forward with an agenda that recognizes that treasured landscapes of America are very much a part of our history, they are very much a part of our future, they are not only priceless in terms of their value to us as human beings, but they also bring about a huge robust economic infusion into the tourism that is a part of America’s economy.”