Scientist

My father was a soil scientist with the Geological Survey.

I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.

Haiti looks like a bomb hit it.

I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings.

The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington.

Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.

The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run.

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.