"There are some monuments where the land is so wide-spread, they just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the—the precious part, so to speak—I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall environment."
—Media round table; Washington, D.C.; March 13, 2001
I've read this many times, but can't really figure out WTF Bush is trying to say.
