watt misquoted heath athena cs uga edu terrance heath writes i realize i m entering this discussion rather late but i do have one question wasn t it a reagan appointee james watt a pentacostal christian i think who was the secretary of the interior who saw no problem with deforestation since we were living in the last days and ours would be the last generation to see the redwoods anyway for the record on february at a house of representatives interior committee meeting rep james weaver d ore asked watt whether you agree that we should save some of our scenic resources for our children not just gobble them up all at once watt s answer was absolutely that is the delicate balance the secretary of the interior must have to be steward for the natural resources for this generation as well as future generations i do not know how many future generations we can count on before the lord returns whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to have the resources needed for future generations my source is a column by rowland evans and robert novak on the op ed page of the washington post for friday august yours james kiefer
