All variables being equal, |
All variables being equal, the most important thing is local use and acceptance. Frankly, outside of a few policies, the federal government doesn't care what the name is. ... That's why we ask and pretty much require their recommendation. |
As far as I know, the use of the word 'slave' has never been even proposed by anyone as offensive. |
It's a big deal to change a name. |
It's rare that we do change a name. |
Pretty much as long as the official authorities at the state or local level agree or, let's say now, don't disagree, it automatically happens, |
The agreement we've got, they're going to pay it back, |
The board members will now weigh all of this and decide. But I can tell you that since the state and the Forest Service and the counties have agreed, I would be very surprised if they were not approved. |
The most important thing to us is what the local folks want to use. |
Those were the old antiquated British forms, and they wanted a more clean American form, ... It really hadn't gotten its sea legs yet because this had never been done anywhere else in the world. |
Whales are humanity's canary in the coal mine, ... As ocean pollution levels increase, marine mammals like whales will be among the first to go. |