[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO LARRY JOHNSON

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to comment on a prestigious 
conservation award that will be bestowed upon Larry Johnson of Reno, NV 
later this week.
  Larry is an environmentalist in the most positive sense of the word. 
He is a sportsman in the most positive sense of the word. He tirelessly 
invests his time, energy, money and passion in the protecting, 
restoring and enhancing Nevada's environment. He knows that the 
environment is synonymous with wildlife habitat, and that natural 
ecosystems support the fish and game he values so dearly.
  As a trustee of the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition, Larry has 
worked to restore the native habitats of the Great Basin. This 
involvement also reflects his understanding that Nevadans can work 
together, through collaboration and innovative partnerships, to make 
our public lands better for wildlife, better for fish, and better for 
people.
  Larry Johnson is a conservationist. He works hard to ensure that we 
actively manage Nevada's landscape. He holds public land managers and 
State wildlife officials accountable, but he also views them as allies. 
For example, he builds ``guzzlers'' where big game can find water in 
the desert, and he serves on resource advisory counsels for the Bureau 
of Land Management.
  Indeed, Larry is famous throughout Nevada for his tireless work on 
behalf of our desert bighorn sheep. He is a trustee and longtime member 
of the board of directors of Nevada Bighorns Unlimited. He raises 
money, he donates money, and he donates his valuable time and expertise 
to the noble goal of enhancing bighorn sheep habitat, and preserving 
the wonderful heritage of the American West.
  Larry is a man of principle, a man of ideas, a man of action, and a 
man exceptionally worthy of the Wayne E. Kirch Nevada Wildlife 
Conservation Award.
  He is a great citizen, a great Nevadan, and a great American.
  Chief Seattle once said: ``we do not inherit the Earth from our 
parents, we borrow it from our children.'' Larry Johnson fulfills our 
responsibility to be good stewards of the planet we will pass along to 
future generations.
  Because of his dedication to conservation, our children will enjoy a 
richer legacy of wildlife and recreational opportunities.
  Today I congratulate Larry Johnson for this much-deserved recognition 
of his work to preserve Nevada's natural heritage.

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