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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition and members of
the Recreation Roundtable for the good work you do for public
lands across this country.
I am pleased to see Mike Hayden, assistant secretary for
Fish, Wildlife and Game Parks and John Turner, director of our Fish and
Wildlife Service; also Bob Stanton, parks director for the
Jim Ridenour
National Capitol Region and all the National Parks officials here
with us today. A very tall greeting to Purvis Ellison, of the
Washington Bullets. And a special hello to all you boys and
girls.
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I
understand that some of you kids were out at the river enjoying
this sport earlier today. And I saw some of you learning to tie
knots and cast as part of the wonderful "Pathway to Fishing"
program. ((Remember, it's not how good you fish that counts,
it's how good you tell fish stories.//))
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and me when we
visited some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping
sites, and hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as
Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in
Washington state.
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT \ ANACOSTIA PARK
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 \ 1:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, DERRICK [CRANDALL] -- I SALUTE YOU AND
ALL THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION
AND MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION ROUNDTABLE FOR THE GOOD
WORK YOU DO FOR PUBLIC LANDS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
I AM PLEASED TO SEE MIKE HAYDEN, ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS; JOHN TURNER,
DIRECTOR OF OUR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; AND JIM
RIDENOUR [RID-EN-OUR], DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE.
- 2 -
ALSO BoB STANTON, PARKS DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL REGION AND ALL THE NATIONAL PARKS OFFICIALS
WITH US TODAY. A VERY TALL GREETING To PERVIS ELLISON,
OF THE WASHINGTON BULLETS. AND A SPECIAL HELLO TO ALL
YOU BOYS AND GIRLS.
70 MILLION AMERICANS ENJOY FISHING EVERY YEAR. I
UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOU KIDS WERE OUT AT THE RIVER
ENJOYING THIS SPORT EARLIER TODAY. AND I SAW SOME OF
YOU LEARNING THE FINER POINTS OF FISHING AS PART OF THE
WONDERFUL "PATHWAY TO FISHING" PROGRAM.
- 3 -
((JUST REMEMBER, IT'S NOT HOW WELL YOU FISH THAT
COUNTS; IT'S HOW WELL YOU TELL FISH STORIES. II))
MANY OF YOU FROM ARC WERE WITH BARBARA AND ME WHEN
WE VISITED SOME OF THIS COUNTRY'S GREATEST FISHING
HOLES, CAMPING SITES, AND HIKING TRAILS -- WONDERFUL
PUBLIC PARKLAND SUCH AS MOUNT RUSHMORE, GLACIER
NATIONAL PARK AND THE GRAND TETONS.
- 4 -
WE HAVE MANY OTHER BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC PARKLANDS
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. BUT WE ALSO MUST REMEMBER THAT
THE GREAT OUTDOORS ISN'T MILES AWAY AND UNREACHABLE.
IT'S CLOSE TO HOME -- HERE AT THIS TERRIFIC PARK IN
ANACOSTIA.
WHETHER YOU'RE FROM RIGHT HERE IN DC OR FROM SPIRIT
LAKE, IOWA -- THE GREAT OUTDOORS IS YOURS FOR THE
ASKING. EACH OF YOU IS A CO-OWNER -- AND AS CO-OWNERS
WE ALL MUST HELP PRESERVE OUR GREAT PARKLANDS.
- 5 -
OUR
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE
ADDED OVER $1 BILLION TO HELP OUR NATIONAL PARKS,
FORESTS, WILDLIFE REFUGES AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS.
IN THIS EFFORT TO PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC-
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE so IMPORTANT. THEY HELP US
ALL DO OUR PART. PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY, PEOPLE SIT AND
FISH ON THE RIVER DOCK JUST BEHIND ME -- ONE FUNDED BY
THE WALLOP-BREAUX TRUST FUND -- A PROGRAM CREATED IN
1984 TO BRING TOGETHER THE EFFORTS OF BOTH THE FISHING
AND BOATING INDUSTRIES.
fidhavemall
- 6 -
I WAS PROUD TO HAVE A ROLE IN ITS CREATION AND PROUDER
STILL THAT THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROVIDING MORE THAN $240
MILLION FOR THIS FUND TO AID FISHING AND BOATING
IMPROVEMENTS. LAST YEAR, CONGRESS TRIED TO CUT WALLOP-
BREAUX IN THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS. WE MUST NOT LET
THAT HAPPEN.
AND THEN THERE'S OUR SCENIC BY-WAYS PROGRAM -- A
SIX-YEAR EFFORT TO IMPROVE SOME OF OUR NATION'S MOST
TRAVELED HIGHWAYS.
- 7 -
NOT JUST THE HIGHWAYS THAT STRETCH ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
BUT ROADS THAT WIND THROUGH THE HEARTS OF OUR CITIES
-- WE CALL THEM, RIBBONS OF GREEN -- THE "ROADS AMERICA
LOVES." HERE IN WASHINGTON: OUR SCENIC BY-WAYS
PROGRAM BEAUTIFIES ROADS LIKE THE GEORGE WASHINGTON AND
Rock CREEK PARKWAYS. WE ARE ALSO HELPING To SUPPORT
THE CREATION OF GREENWAYS -- THOSE COMBINATIONS OF
BICYCLING AND HIKING PATHS THAT ARE SPRINGING UP
THROUGHOUT OUR CITIES AND COUNTRYSIDES.
- 8 -
AND THERE ARE PROGRAMS LIKE THE ONE THIS BANNER
ABOVE ME CELEBRATES: TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA. A PROGRAM
THAT GENERATES TENS OF MILLIONS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS EACH
YEAR FROM COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA -- PEOPLE
COMING TOGETHER TO PRESERVE THE PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES -- PICKING UP LITTER, PLANTING
TREES, BUILDING PLAYGROUNDS.
- 9 -
RIGHT NOW, ONE OF OUR PUBLIC LAND INITIATIVES IS
RECEIVING FAVORABLE ATTENTION IN CONGRESS -- THE
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PASSPORT. THIS REPLACES THE OLD
WALLET-CARD SYSTEM WITH A PASSPORT THAT WOULD INCLUDE
SUCH THINGS AS PARK INFORMATION, HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS,
A MOTOR DECAL, AND MORE. THE BEST PART: SALES
PROCEEDS COULD GENERATE UP TO $30 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL
REVENUE, WHICH WILL GO TO FUND OTHER RECREATION AND
WILDLIFE PROJECTS.
- 10 -
As WE ENTER SUMMERTIME -- AND I KNOW THE KIDS HERE
ARE COUNTING EVERY SCHOOL DAY LEFT -- WE'LL SEE THESE
KIDS ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THIS CLEAN-UP PROJECT
TODAY. WE'LL SEE THEM RUNNING OFF TO THIS PARK:
TUMBLING ON THE NEW PLAYGROUND, CASTING OUT THEIR
FISHING LINES THE WAY JOHN AND ToM AND OUR OTHER
FISHING EXPERTS TAUGHT THEM ((HOPEFULLY, NOT MY
WAY//)), AND SHOOTING HOOPS -- RELEASING THE BALL JUST
THE WAY PERVIS TOLD THEM TO DO.
- 11 -
BUT IT'S NOT JUST A KID'S LIFE. THE GREAT OUTDOORS IS
THE PERFECT PLAYGROUND FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY, THIS
COUNTRY'S GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE.
THIS SUMMER CAN ALSO BE A TIME FOR LOTS OF FAMILIES
-- WHOLE COMMUNITIES -- TO COME TOGETHER. WE ALL SAW
LA
WHAT HAPPENED IN Los ANGELES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO -- A
Radar
COMMUNITY DIVIDED, TORN APART AND TURNING ON ITSELF IN
DESPAIR.
- 12 -
BUT ALREADY THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN SOUTH CENTRAL LA ARE
COMING TOGETHER -- REBUILDING, RENEWING -- LEAVING THE
WAR ZONES BEHIND TO EMBRACE THE HEART OF WHAT MAKES LA
SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.
BEYOND OUR URGENT EMERGENCY AID, WE'VE GOT TO' TAKE
ACTION TO BRING HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY To Los ANGELES --
AND TO ALL AMERICAN CITIES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA. TUESDAY, I CALLED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO
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THE WHITE HOUSE -- REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT.
- 13 -
I OUTLINED MY 6-POINT PLAN FOR A NEW AMERICA: OUR WEED
AND SEED ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVE. OUR HOPE HOUSING
INITIATIVE. ENTERPRISE ZONES. EDUCATION REFORM,
WELFARE REFORM -- AND A STRONG JOBS PROGRAM FOR CITY
YOUTH. I'M PLEASED WITH THE EARLY REACTION To MY PLAN.
It's A PROMISING START -- AND WE'LL PUSH AHEAD. //
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I THINK WE ALL AGREE: WE'VE ALL GOT TO COME
TOGETHER -- REBUILD THE HEARTS OF OUR NATION'S CITIES /
RENEW THE SPIRIT OF OUR NATION'S COMMUNITIES.
endershort
- 14 -
WE SEE THIS SENSE OF RENEWAL AT WORK RIGHT HERE
TODAY AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK. PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER
TO CLEAN THE RIVER, PLANT TREES, PICK UP LITTER --
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR
COMMUNITY AND THEY TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA.
ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE JOINING
TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PUBLIC LANDS:
- 15 -
THERE ARE WHOLE CITIES -- LIKE PAGE, ARIZONA --
PICKING UP 140 TONS OF DEBRIS -- ONE OF THE LARGEST
CLEANUPS EVER;
THERE ARE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS -- LIKE
PHILADELPHIA'S ANTI-GRAFFITI NETWORK -- COVERING ONCE-
DEFACED PROPERTY WITH MURALS THAT SEND A GOOD MESSAGE;
- 16 -
WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS / WHOLE CITIES / WHOLE
COMMUNITIES -- PEOPLE LIKE THE ONES RIGHT HERE IN DC
-- COMING TOGETHER WITH THE SPIRIT AND SENSE OF PRIDE
THAT HAS MADE AMERICA ITSELF WHOLE -- AND GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED
HERE TODAY AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
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May 12, 1992
Draft One
REC
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK
Advance
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
and the Recreation Roundtative
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition r here today for and others
the good work you do for public lands across this country. [ACKS]
understand that
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year.
I saw some
were
of you kids out at the river enjoying it when I drove up. And I
this sport ealier today
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saw some of you learning to tie knots and cast as part of the
wonderful "Pathway to Fishing" program. ((Remember, it's not how
good you fish that counts, it's how good you tell fish
stories. )
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and me when we
visited some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping
Derrick
sites, and hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as
the Grand
Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in
FRC
Washington state. Tetons.
We have many other beautiful public parklands across this
country. But we also must remember that the great outdoors isn't
miles away and unreachable. It's close to home -- here at this
terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Atlas
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. Each of you
is a co-owner -- and as co-owners we all must help preserve our
great parklands.
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That's why public-private partnerships are so important.
They help us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit
Kathy
and fish on the river dock just behind me -- one funded by the
Jeavans
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a program created in 1984 to bring
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together the efforts of both the fishing and boating industries.
Defile
AND
I was proud to have a role in its creation and prouder still that
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this year, we're providing more than $300 million dollars for
Bob
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Goody
this fund to aid fishing and boating improvements.
million
FY'93
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to improve some of our nation's most traveled highways.
Not just the long highways that reach across this country, but
Kathy
roads that wind through the hearts of our cities -- we call them,
Teavons
ribbons of green -- the "Roads America Loves. " Here in
Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program beautifies roads like the
George Washington and Rock Creek Parkways.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
yes Kathy
Demick
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
Crandall
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in Congress -- the America the Beautiful
expands the
Crawford
Passport. This replaces the old wallet-card system with a multi
to include
Cub Cuttle
page passport containing park information, maps, a motor decal,
addresses and Bhone
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anumbers for futher mation infor-
w new 3 ta30 mil
revenue
and more. The best part: sales proceeds, estimated at $50
million, will go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime -- and I know the kids here are
counting every school day left -- we'll see these kids enjoying
the benefits of this clean-up project today. We'll see them
running off to this park: tumbling on the new playground
and
fishing other experts
casting out their fishing lines the way Tom or John taught them
((hopefully, not my way//)), and shooting hoops -- releasing the
ball just the way Purvis told them to do. But it's not just a
kid's life. The great outdoors is the perfect playground for the
entire family, this country's greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
May
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
Beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take action to
bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles -- and to all American
cities. Tuesday, I called Congressional leaders to the White
Tuesday
House -- Republican and Democrat. I outlined my 6-point plan for
May
a New America: Our Weed and Seed anti-crime initiative. Our
Hope housing initiative. Enterprise Zones. Education reform,
Meeting
welfare reform -- and a strong summer jobs program for city
4
youth. I am pleased with the early reaction to my plan. It's a
promising start -- and we'll push ahead. / /
And that's why it is so very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
National
care of their public lands:
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There are whole cities -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
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140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever;
3/8 Traceford
3/8/90 Released Tayor
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- covering once-defaced property with murals
with a good message;
Whole neighborhoods / whole cities / whole communities --
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people like the ones right here in DC -- coming together with the
spirit and sense of pride that has made America itself whole --
Tracey
and good.
Taylor
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today and may God bless you all.
#
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Administration of George Bush, 1990 / June 19
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advice and consent to ratification of the The White House,
treaty, with protocol and related exchanges June 19, 1990.
of letters, at an early date.
GEORGE BUSH
tions at the
1979; in the
e American
Remarks at the Great Outdoors Award Dinner
977-1978; as
amercial sec-
June 19, 1990
Nassau, Baha-
of Develop-
Thank you all very much for that warm
Look, there's some fishermen out here.
ic Bureau at
introduction and that special honor. And
Please understand my frustration. [Laugh-
-1974; in the
thanks-I think it's the Marines I see down
ter] We're looking for these damn bluefish,
y at the New
there in the glow. [Laughter] I thank them
and-[laughter|-Barbara's reading away,
13; as special
especially for providing the music tonight,
studying, reading-"Oh, I've got a fish."
d youth offi-
and David Humphreys and Galey Coleman
And I'm out there working and studying
aris, France,
here and Sheldon. I understand we have
and changing bait, and nothing happens.
if Special As-
some distinguished Senators or Congress-
[Laughter] But I don't worry when some-
for Refugee
men. Every time you announce them,
body reaches into the tackle box and pulls
somebody says, "Oh, they're not here.
out a lure like a Mepps Spinner or a John-
the Univer-
They're off voting someplace." [Laughter]
son Silver Spoon, because I've got the Silver
1962). She
But Senators Burns and Roth, Ron Mar-
Fox. [Laughter]
n Anadarko,
lenee, Congressman Hiler and, of course,
And like every pursuit in the great out-
id resides in
my friend Derrick Crandall and Stu Nor-
doors, fishing is a great equalizer, whether
throp and Dick Nunis over here and Jeff
you're out there with a friend or a head of
Napier:
state or one of the grandkids. You get out
Look, it's a great pleasure for me to be
there; and you just simply love it, just like
with you tonight, and I will be relatively
the other 60 million American men,
es
brief, speaking before the broccoli. I've got
women, and children who fish from boats
to get out of here and get back home.
and beaches and bridges and riverbanks all
[Laughter] But really, what an hónor to
across this great country.
accept this Sheldon Coleman Great Out-
I remember, fishing off the Saco River in
doors Award. He was a great friend, I bet,
Maine, there was a guy with a belly that
in Poland.
to everybody in this room and to many
made one of these sumo wrestlers, or what-
imulate the
others across the country-a great friend of
ever they are, look skinny, you know.
d of market
nature, and his influence is still with us
[Laughter] And he's standing out there,
ne treaty is
today in SO many ways: in partnerships for
fishing with his grandson; and I come by in
licy toward
the outdoors that he encouraged through-
our cigarette [boat] with our couple, troll-
out his entire life. And like the lanterns that
net of this
ing, I admit, nice and slow. And the guy
is that U.S.
bear his name, glowing beside the tents and
yells out, "Only in America." [Laughter]
foreign in-
RV's across this country, those partnerships
And you know, he was absolutely right.
should re-
do shine bright with promise for the envi-
[Laughter] Here we were. It was just very
ronment-the precious environment we
special, and all of us have our own tales to
criminatory
share.
the parties
tell. [Laughter]
I am deeply honored that you consider
andards for
But all of you understand how time spent
me worthy of this award, and I imagine
free finan-
in nature, in camping or hiking or fishing,
there was some controversy. [Laughter]
frees up the mind, restores the soul, and
including
Some might say that the award should have
makes memories-tranquil, peaceful, won-
settlement
gone to a more accomplished outdoors-
derful memories that stay with you the rest
person. It probably should have gone to the
of your life. Among the greatest joys that
te consider
only person I know who can fish and read
Barbara and I have ever known have been
.nd give its
at the same time: Barbara Bush [Laughter]
exploring the outdoors with our kids and
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June 19 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
our grandkids. You saw George P. here with
good for our water and good for air, good
us. Look at the majesty, then, of the Grand
for our communities. So, take this message
Tetons through the eyes of a 13-year-old
with you, please, to the legislative branch:
grandson, teach a grandkid a few mysteries
Don't leave our tree planting initiative out
of the ocean, and you're powerfully remind-
on a limb.
ed that our kids will truly inherit the Earth.
Groups like this one are helping us build
You don't even have to leave home.
a new ethic of stewardship in America. And
Every summer on vacation, up at our house
you know, I do believe that we have reason
there at Kennebunkport, we put up a
to be hopeful. This year, in a tradition that
tent-I don't want to prejudice any other
dates back to President Taft, I was present-
vendors here or manufacturers. [Laughter]
ed with the first salmon caught in the 1990
But I call Sheldon Coleman and say, "Hey
season in the Penobscot River in Maine. It
listen, I need a tent." This was several years
was a tradition that died back in the 1950's
ago. And I get a tremendous kick out of-
because the river had deteriorated so much.
that same tent goes up every year-and I
But this year, a State fisheries spokesman
get a tremendous kick-you don't have to
said they had the biggest opening day that
leave home-hearing the nighttime giggles
he could recall. Right here in Washington,
of the grandchildren out there. It's wonder-
DC, the once-polluted Potomac River is
ful. You see them reading by a lantern and
now a site for first-class bass fishing tourna-
telling stories, hear them whispering to
ments.
each other before they drop off to sleep
with the sea pounding away in the back-
I was fishing in Pintlala, Alabama, with
ground.
Ricky Clune, a kid from Montgomery,
These are special moments, moments in
Texas, one of the great bass fishermen in
the outdoors, and they are all very, very
this country. And Rick-I'll never forget his
special. So, preserving nature for future
winning a bass tournament. If you haven't
generations demands special effort. And
been to one of these weigh-ins, you ought
I've been very happy to support the public-
to go. Four or five thousand people in a
private partnerships like this Wallop-
stadium when these guys come trailering
Breaux-was Dingell-Johnson-but the
their fishing boats in and bringing out the
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund to protect our
bass. And I'll never forget Rick Clune,
wetlands and preserve and enhance the
when he won Bass Masters Championship,
boating and fishing, and by encouraging
saying that he learned to fish when he was
private partnerships like Ducks Unlimited
in his underwear following his dad in the
and groups like the American Recreation
creeks of Oklahoma. And he said, "Isn't it
Coalition and the Recreation Roundtable to
great to live in a country with no limits."
engage this nation in a new spirit of renew-
And I like that, and I think he's right.
al. I want to try my very hardest to do my
He was telling me in Pintlala this winter,
part to help build that spirit.
he said, "You don't have to come all the
In this year's budget, we included funds
way down here to Alabama to fish." He
to help save the Everglades and to imple-
said, "The Potomac River is back. You can
ment the historic North American Water-
go right across from the Pentagon and get
fowl Management Plan, to stop the tragedy
good 5-, 6-, 7-pound bass out there." And he
of thousands of birds dying at the Stillwater
was right. I think it's an exciting thing that
Wildlife Refuge. But the cornerstone of our
you all are doing for this country, helping
program was something called America the
us bring back these fantastic resources that
Beautiful, to expand our parks, our forests,
regrettably we took for granted maybe 10
and wildlife refuges; to promote recreation;
or 20 years ago.
and, yes-one of the ones that I'm most
So, I'm honored that you'd grant me the
interested in-to plant a billion trees a year
Great Outdoors Award, in the memory of
in America.
Sheldon Coleman. He was a great inspira-
Tonight I want to ask for your help. I've
tion to me. I knew him personally. I loved
seen too many budgets frittered away on
that remarkable spirit that you all remem-
other priorities. We all agree that trees are
ber, and I salute his memory. I'm also here
838
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / June 20
to tip my hat to all of the individuals in
so, I'll go to work early in the morning and
America, like yourselves, who are raising
sometimes go home late at night, but I'll be
awareness, raising money, and sometimes
damned if I'm going to let anybody keep
raising hell to preserve-|laughter]-our
me from the great outdoors.
natural heritage for future generations.
Thank you all very, very much. I'm hon-
Sometimes that does mean conflicts, but I
ored to be with you. Thank you so much.
believe that the efforts we put into finding
constructive partnerships will take us much
Note: The President spoke at 8:23 p.m. in
the ballroom at the Vista International
farther than debate and contention. We
Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to David
need to spend less time arguing and more
Humphreys, chairman of the board of the
time working on solutions.
American Recreation Coalition; Galey Cole-
All of you here tonight have the creativi-
man, the widow of Sheldon Coleman, Sr.;
ty, the will, and the love of the outdoors to
Sheldon C. Coleman, Jr., chairman of Shel-
create new private partnerships to protect
don Coleman Enterprises; Representative
this nation's natural beauty. So, let me en-
Ron Marlenee; Derrick Crandall, president
courage each of you: Help us build momen-
of the American Recreation Association;
tum for a new spirit of American steward-
Stuart Northrop, chairman of the executive
ship. As your President, I will not ever miss
committee of Huffy Corp.; Richard Nunis,
any opportunity at all to go fishing, to go
president of Walt Disney Attractions; and
hiking, to go camping-[laughter]-to. go
Jeff Napier, president of the National
out in my boat. I want to do my part. And
Marine Manufacturers Association.
Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon for Governor Guy Hunt in
Huntsville, Alabama
June 20, 1990
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank
And I'm pleased to see our chairman,
you for that warm welcome back to Hunts-
Arthur Outlaw. And I'm told Jean Sullivan
ville. Thank you very much, all of you.
is here, though I didn't see her. And there
These guys that did that extra applauding
is someone here today, in addition, that I
over here, you young guys, you can have
really need in Washington, DC-someone
my broccoli when they serve the lunch.
who can help the fight to win the battle
[Laughter]
against drugs, someone that is committed to
I want to thank Governor Hunt and his
expanding and protecting our space pro-
family, who I had a chance to meet with
gram, and someone who stands for a strong
earlier, especially Helen. I'm glad to see her
national defense. And I'm talking about
looking so fit, working so hard on the cam-
your next Congressman from this district,
paign trail. I want to pay my respects to
Albert McDonald. We've got to see him
Mayor Folmar and Anita, other friends of
elected. We need that Fifth District seat.
longstanding-he of Montgomery fame.
It's great to be back, back in what the
And it's great to see so many others. John
song calls sweet home Alabama. In fact, I've
Grenier was there to greet me when I got
recently been down this way-several
off the plane, and we go back a long, long
months now-first, recently to Birmingham
time. And of course, another old, close, per-
and, prior to that, doing a little bass fishing
sonal friend that Barbara asked me to
in Pintlala. Considering my record as a fish-
convey her love to, and I'm talking about
erman, the bass have nothing to worry
Bill Cabaniss, who's running such a great
about, nothing at all. [Laughter] But I loved
race for the United States Senate. We've
every minute of it, and I want to be invited
got to have him elected.
back. And we had a reception over here-
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For Immediate Release
March 7, 1992
FACT SHEET:
BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS
CONCERNING OUTDOOR RECREATION AND WILDLIFE
which increase opportunities for fisherman, hunters, and outdoor
The Bush Administration has strongly supported programs
recreation follows: enthusiasts. Highlights of this support are as
THE WALLOP-BREAUX PROGRAM:
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SUPPORTED SPORT-FISH RESTORATION THROUGH
this fish restoration program known as Wallop-Breaux. Funding for
All of President Bush's budgets have fully funded the sport
to $242 million in the President's proposed budget for year fiscal
program has increased from $187 million in fiscal 1989
year 1993 -- an increase of roughly 30 percent.
fishing equipment and motorboat fuels, import duties on fishing
Deposits in the Wallcp-Breaux fund are from excise taxes on
equipment and pleasure boats, and interest on investments.
projects to acquire and restore fish habitat, to improve
majority of the funds are provided to the states to help finance The
fishery problems.
for public Use of lakes and rivers, and to conduct research access into
finance coastal wetlands grants ($7.5 million) and coastal
The remainder of 1993 Sport Fish Restoration funding will
projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund
($7.5 million).
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS INVESTED IN "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"
PROGRAM, TO PROTECT AND EXPAND OUR PARKS, FORESTS, AND REFUGES:
17 percent increase ($272 million over 1992 and double the
The President's proposed fiscal year 1993 budget includes a
Beautiful (ATB) initiative.
comparable 1989 funding) for the President's America the
The Bush Administration has made a major contribution
America's national parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and other to
public lands through the acquisition of critical nationally
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significant lands, the expansion of recreation opportunities like
camping, boating, fishing, and hiking, the protection of species
and natural resources on these public lands, and the development
of partnerships with state governments and non-profit entities to
protect and enhance the public lands.
For the coming fiscal year, the President has proposed to:
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Nearly triple grants to states under the Land and Water
Conservation Fund (LWCF) for parks and other outdoor
recreation facilities. The President's budget provides $60
million for this purpose, $37 million above fiscal year
1992. Under this program, the Federal government acts as a
partner with the states in purchasing open space and
creating outdoor recreation facilities. Each Federal dollar
is matched by a dollar from the state investing in the same
project.
Dramatically expand recreation opportunities on the Federal
lands. By increasing funds for recreation and resource
protection in his budget by $150 million (13 percent over
1992), the President has provided for:
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The reopening or upgrading of Forest Service
campgrounds and picnic sites all across America that
had previously been closed to the public;
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The creation of nearly 1,000 miles of new trails in the
national forests, and the maintenance of 14,000
additional miles of trails;
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The installation or improvement of boat ramps,
interpretive centers, and facilities to improve access
for the disabled on a variety of public lands;
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The hiring of an additional 1,000 seasonal rangers
for the national parks during peak use months; and
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An expanded Parks as Classrooms program, which will
transport thousands of school children to the parks to
learn about America's natural and cultural wonders.
Fully fund protection of important natural assets, such as
the Everglades in Florida ($7.5 million is provided to
acquire an additional 8,800 acres), the Ace Basin wetlands
in South Carolina ($1 million is provided to acquire an
additional 575 acres), Bogue Chitte Wildlife Refuge in
Louisiana ($500,000 is provided to acquire an additional
1,500 acres), the Appalachian Trail in Virginia ($3 million
Samples
is provided to acquire an additional 2,300 acres), and the
Apalachicola Tates Wetlands in Florida ($2 million is
provided to acquire 12,600 acres).
Authorize a new "America the Beautiful Passport", which, for
$30, would allow Americans year-round access to all of the
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outdoor recreation areas managed by the Interior and
Agriculture Departments, with Passport revenues earmarked
for improvement of these lands and waters and the expansion
of recreational opportunities.
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Plant, maintain, and conduct timber stand improvements
affecting one billion trees per year.
THE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE WETLANDS:
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The President's budget for fiscal year 1993 includes an
increase of $212 million (35 percent) over 1992 for a series
of key wetlands protection measures, including:
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Full funding for USDA's Wetlands Reserve program at 1
million acres through 1995;
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A rating system which makes high-value wetlands a top
priority in Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund
(LWCF) acquisition;
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$15 million in discretionary funding again proposed to
fully fund the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act.
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Increased Army Corps of Engineers staff to accelerate
processing of Section 404 wetlands permits.
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Since 1989, the Administration has nearly tripled its
investment in protecting and restoring America's wetlands
(from $295 million in FY 1989 to $8:12 million proposed for
FY 1993), while at the same time working for regulatory
reforms to enhance economic growth and protect private
property rights.
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American Recreation Coalition
Dedicated to the protection and enhancement of every citizen's
right to pursue health and happiness through leisure-time activities.
May 11, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO:
David Demarest
FROM:
Derrick Crandall
SUBJECT:
May 14 Event: Linkages to Urban Concerns
On May 14, President Bush is scheduled to appear at an event in Anacostia Park sponsored by
the American Recreation Coalition and the Recreation Roundtable. The event offers several
themes directly relevant to the Administration's actions post-Los Angeles and relating to the
needs of America's cities.
1) Recreation is a universal language, cutting across ethnic, racial, economic and
geographic borders.
2) If people -- and especially kids -- don't have places to play, their idle time and
energies are often turned to non-constructive activities. These activities can be
relatively benign -- like hours before the television -- or far worse, including illegal
activities.
3) Solutions to our cities' problems depend upon more personal contacts between
those in the inner cities and "mainstream" America. We need to encourage
volunteerism in inner city schools. We need to help inner city youths come to know the
great outdoors which is part of their legacy, too.
4) Community identity and pride is the building block of national identity and
pride. Most of us value and safeguard the things we own and care about. The actions
in Los Angeles reflect a lack of perceived ownership -- and a community which doesn't
inspire much pride. In contrast, Harlem is emerging as a tourism destination.
I'd also like to share a paragraph that explains the activities of our group a bit more:
The Take Pride in America work projects of the American Recreation Coalition weren't
conducted in spectacular and distant sites like Yellowstone National Park and the Grand
Canyon for a reason. Urban sites like Anacostia, Fort Dupont and Rock Creek parks are
part of our outdoor legacy, too, and are used. intensively by many who will rarely -- if
ever -- visit some of our best known national parks. They are vital to us in many ways.
In fact, the projects selected for work today demonstrate three very different roles. Here
at Anacostia Park, tens of thousands of people use the park's basketball and tennis
Suite 726
1331 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 662-7420
Fax: (202) 662-7424
Printed on Recycled Paper
Memorandum to David Demarest, Page Two
May 11, 1992
courts, its ballfields and swimming pool, its playground and its river banks, its skating
pavilion and its boat ramps. In Fort Dupont, volunteers helped prepare a stage for this
summer's popular performances of jazz and other performing arts. And in Rock Creek
Park, volunteers cleared debris from the stream and began the process of clearing fallen
trees which were causing severe bank erosion in a part of the park which offers
opportunities for hiking and horse-riding in a very natural setting.
Finally, let me share a few quotes which are contained in the report of the President's
Commission on Americans Outdoors (1987), in which then-Vice President Bush took substantial
interest:
From the PCAO report text:
"
People in central cities have a harder time experiencing the outdoors."
"
Americans place a high value on the outdoors; it is central to the quality of our lives
and the quality of our communities."
Arthur Holland, Mayor of Trenton, NJ (quoted in the report):
We moved 21 years ago into a neighborhood which was considered very run down. As
you had the beginning of gentrification, resentful stones would be thrown. We built a
small park a basketball court, some benches, a place where you could at least throw
some balls around. The stone throwing stopped. That's why I'm convinced, firsthand,
that there's a direct relationship: you don't throw stones when you've got balls to throw
around.
Charles Jordan, PCAO commissioner and Director, Portland, Oregon, Parks and Recreation and
a prominent African-American (quoted in the report):
When the police chief asks for more officers, we must remind the decisionmakers that
recreation is more than fun and games. On a daily basis, we engage thousands of young
people in constructive and positive activities. Were it not for the opportunities we
provide, those idle hands and energetic bodies may well turn to less constructive and less
positive activities. It is cheaper to recreate than to incarcerate!
When the Human Relations commission makes its report on the state of race relations,
we must remind them that we break racial barriers every day. We provide opportunities
for people of different races and ethnic backgrounds to taste victory, only after they set
aside those artificial barriers of color and status and work together as a unit, each
contributing some unique and necessary talent. If they can do it on the courts and on
the playing fields, just maybe they can do it in society.
John Gardner (quoted in the report):
The task of the moment is to recreate a highly motivated society. If we fail in that, forget
the rest.
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Willard Brown (quoted in the report):
The parks and recreation community is providing people with opportunities for
fulfillment, for challenge and for the identity that they're no longer finding in their work.
In doing that, we're making a very real contribution to resolving the most significant
issue this country does face, the "re-creation" of a highly motivated society.
Needless to say, I'd welcome the chance to discuss these concepts with you, as well as the
conversations underway (and in which Bob Grady is a key player) regarding a new program to
assist recreation and conservation initiatives in America's urban areas.
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GEORGE BUSH'S KEY ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE OUTDOORS
1.
America's Great Outdoors: a $625 million, three year budget initiative to enhance
recreation in our national forests.
2.
Scenic Byways: a new $80 million, six year effort to identify, designate and improve
the "roads Americans love," routes that show off America's natural and cultural beauty
and diversity. Separately, President Bush endorsed and aided scenic byways efforts of
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
3.
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund: one of the most significant recreation initiatives ever, now
providing in excess of $300 million annually in federal assistance to boating, fishing and
aquatic resource improvements. The revenues are derived from special taxes on fishing
equipment and federal excise taxes on motorboat fuel. George Bush's personal role in
the 1984 creation of this program is well known in the conservation/recreation field.
4.
National Recreational Trails Fund: modeled after Wallop-Breaux, this 1991 legislative
achievement earmarks non-highway recreational fuel taxes (chiefly from snowmobiles and
off-road motorcycles) for grants to states for trail development, a priority identified by
the President's commission on Americans Outdoors.
5.
Challenge Cost-Share Projects: under the Bush Administration, all federal land
managing agencies now are provided special funding to complete recreation and wildlife
enhancement projects if (1) the projects are compatible with existing management plans
and (2) at least half of the project cost is provided by non-federal partners. total funding
available under these provisions totals more than $40 million annually, producing at least
$80 million in public land benefits.
6.
Recreation Information Systems: public/private cooperation is providing new and
comprehensive visitor information in several western states and a national system is now
being devised.
7.
Take Pride in America: a community/state/federal campaign to increase awareness of
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America's public lands legacy, to increase volunteerism on public lands and to improve
America's outdoor ethics. millionsof Eastwood Volunteers
Watchable Wildlife: a new partnership among more than a dozen public and private
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sector organizations to identify and develop sites for wildlife viewing, plus educational
programs to enhance public understanding of wildlife habitat needs.
9.
President's Commission on Environmental Quality: a blue-ribbon panel appointed by
the President to demonstrate how public-spirited corporations can enhance both the
environment and their own economic efficiency. One of the undertakings of the
commission involves corporate activities to enhance urban recreation opportunities.
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Greenways: Bush Administration support for protecting linear corridors of green in our
urban areas for recreation and wildlife has been clear, focusing on abandoned railroad
rights of way.
11.
Enjoy America Outdoors: The Interior Department has launched on comprehensive,
partnership-based effort to increase recreation opportunities in 8 "core" activity clusters.
/ in-every 3 acres is federally managed
12.
America the Beautiful Passport: the Administration has proposed the creation of a
new passport facilitating both access to and enjoyment of the nation's public lands and
providing increased funding for recreation and conservation efforts on the public lands.
The Congress is responding favorably to this FY93 initiative.
13.
Federal Assistance to Community Recreation and Conservation Efforts: the Bush
Administration expanded financial and technical assistance to state and local governments
and private sector partners under the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the
National park Service's Technical Assistance Program.
14.
Federal Water Programs Realignment: the Administration has directed the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers to increase attention to recreation and wildlife
purposes of federal water projects.
15.
Personal Leadership: as President, George Bush has been an active and enthusiastic
visitor to the Great Outdoors. His example is a useful way to reinforce the healthful
consequences of time outdoors with family and friends.
Anacastia's
The America the Beautiful Passport
HR 4960/S 2505
Innovative step to increase awareness among the public of recreation opportunities on America's
public lands. Goal is to better disperse use and to direct use to areas appropriate for
desired activities.
Replaces wallet card with multi-page passport containing maps, explanations of federal land-
managing agencies and systems, addresses and phone numbers for further information,
a decal for a motor vehicle and an ethics message.
Two national surveys by respected national researchers (Hart, Roper) show extraordinarily high
levels of public support for the new passport, with 50% or more of all US adults
expressing an interest in purchasing the passport. In contrast, only some 150,000 Golden
Eagle wallet cards are sold annually.
The legislation authorizes the sale of the new passports by private sector partners, likely to
include L.L. Bean, the Coleman Company and others with a strong interest in the
outdoors, in addition to federal agencies. These sellers would be authorized to recover
their costs, up to a maximum of 10% of the $30 selling price.
Sales of the new passports are expected to reach between 2 and 3 million units by FY94. Under
the proposed legislation, the proceeds from the private sales would be used to support
Challenge Cost-Share recreation and wildlife projects. The sales could easily mean an
increase of $50,000,000 or more annually and voluntarily.
As a result of the legislation, the cost of obtaining a pass for unlimited access to gated national
recreation sites would rise by $5 -- but this increase would also bring a shift to a full
year from the purchase date, versus the current calendar year, plus information on
federal lands. The legislation would not require any changes in daily entrance fees or
annual single-site passes; it would continue the practice of free admission to our parks
for those over 62 years of age and their spouse/companion and to those with handicaps.
Support for the legislation is widespread among recreation and conservation organizations;
similarly, support for the legislation among congress is broad geographically and bi-
partisan.
Details on the legislation are available from:
American Recreation Coalition
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-662-7420
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PASSPORT
Legislation is now pending before Congress to create a new America the Beautiful (ATB)
Passport which would allow for easier access into federal recreation sites and provide better
information about recreation opportunities on the one third of the nation which is federally managed.
The ATB passport also provides a tangible way for those who treasure America's national parks,
forests, wildlife refuges and other public lands and waters to contribute to the protection of those
areas and show evidence of that contribution. The passport was included in President Bush's FY93
budget proposal and reflects discussions between the President, his chief advisors, and the Recreation
Roundtable. Leading advocates in the Congress are Representative Bob Lagomarsino (R-CA) and
Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY).
The passport is projected to generate tens of millions of dollars annually for recreation
services and facilities within two years of passage. It has three basic components:
replacement of the fee-only, calendar year Golden Eagle Pass (current sales 100,000) with
the ATB passport which would be valid for a twelve-month period, allow entrance into all
National Park Service and other designated federal recreation sites, include valuable
information (maps, telephone numbers, etc.) and be sold by both federal agencies and private
sector partners;
new legislative authority for funds collected by federal agencies to be placed into special
treasury accounts and be available for expenditure by the agencies for recreational facilities
and services (trails, campgrounds, boating access ramps, information and interpretation
facilities), and the earmarking of all private sale receipts into an account to fund the highly
successful challenge cost share programs of the federal land-managing agencies; and
the creation of a new recreation fees advisory committee, to provide a forum for reviewing
and recommending federal recreation fees to the Administration and the Congress.
The passport will be similar in appearance to a U.S. passport and its 20-odd pages will
contain a message from the President, a wallet card and window decal, information about the various
federal land-managing agencies and the areas they oversee, maps and resources guides, environmental
tips on how to safely enjoy our natural resources and other important items.
Private sector participation in the sales of the passport is encouraged by offering a small
commission to private sector partners to cover sales costs. A consortium of companies, ranging from
L.L Bean to The Coleman Company, major sporting goods retailers to national park concessioners,
recreation enthusiast member organizations and recreation-oriented publications have agreed to
explore the development and implementation of an active consumer awareness campaign and
marketing plan for the passport. The combined public awareness and marketing campaigns should
push passport sales beyond one million passports in the first full year of the program.
The passport will cost $30, a slight increase over the $25 Golden Eagle Pass. However, a
national survey conducted by Peter Hart Research Associates for the Recreation Roundtable shows
overwhelming support from the public for the passport, especially when they know their monies will
be spent at federal recreation areas. In fact, 44% of the public saw $40 (or more) as a reasonable
purchase amount and 26% were willing to spend $75.
For further information please contact the Recreation Roundtable, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Suite 726, Washington, D.C. 20004, (202)662-7420.
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INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, May 14, at 1:00 p.m., you will address
approximately 350 people at Anacostia Park as part of the
American Recreation Coalition's Clean-Up Day Project.
Approximately 100 students from DC-area schools will attend. You
will be introduced by ARC President Derrick Crandall.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (8 minutes, on cards) focus on the importance
of all Americans coming together to renew their communities. You
also encourage all Americans to go out and experience the many
pleasures of the great outdoors.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition, here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country. [ACKS]
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I
understand that some of you kids were out at the river enjoying
this sport earlier today. And I saw some of you learning to tie
knots and cast as part of the wonderful "Pathway to Fishing"
program. ((Remember, it's not how good you fish that counts,
it's how good you tell fish stories. //))
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and me when we
visited some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping
sites, and hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as
Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in
Washington state.
We have many other beautiful public parklands across this
country. But we also must remember that the great outdoors isn't
miles away and unreachable. It's close to home -- here at this
terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. Each of you
is a co-owner -- and as co-owners we all must help preserve our
great parklands.
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Since the beginning of my administration, we have added over
$1 billion to help our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges
and other public lands.
In this effort to preserve our environment, public-private
partnerships are so important. They help us all do our part.
Practically every day, people sit and fish on the river dock just
behind me -- one funded by the Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a
program created in 1984 to bring together the efforts of both the
fishing and boating industries. I was proud to have a role in
its creation and prouder still that this year, we're providing
more than $300 million for this fund to aid fishing and boating
improvements. Last year, Congress tried to cut Wallop-Breaux in
the appropriations process. But I assure you -- I will not let
them do it.
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to improve some of our nation's most traveled highways.
Not just the highways that stretch across this country, but roads
that wind through the hearts of our cities -- we call them,
ribbons of green -- the "Roads America Loves." Here in
Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program beautifies roads like the
George Washington and Rock Creek Parkways. We are also helping
to support the creation of Greenways -- those combinations of
bicycling and hiking paths that are springing up throughout our
cities and countrysides.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
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tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet-card system with a multi-
page passport containing park information, maps, a motor decal,
and more. The best part: sales proceeds, estimated at $50
million, will go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime -- and I know the kids here are
counting every school day left -- we'll see these kids enjoying
the benefits of this clean-up project today. We'll see them
running off to this park: tumbling on the new playground,
casting out their fishing lines the way John and Tom and our
other fishing experts taught them ((hopefully, not my way//)),
and shooting hoops -- releasing the ball just the way Purvis told
them to do. But it's not just a kid's life. The great outdoors
is the perfect playground for the entire family, this country's
greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
4
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
Beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take action to
bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles -- and to all American
cities, including the District of Columbia. Tuesday, I called
Congressional leaders to the White House -- Republican and
Democrat. I outlined my 6-point plan for a New America: Our
Weed and Seed anti-crime initiative. Our HOPE housing
initiative. Enterprise Zones. Education reform, welfare reform
-- and a strong jobs program for city youth. I'm pleased with
the early reaction to my plan. It's a promising start -- and
we'll push ahead. //
I think we all agree: we've all got to come together --
rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the spirit of
our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
There are whole cities -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever;
5
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- covering once-defaced property with murals
that send a good message;
Whole neighborhoods / whole cities / whole communities --
people like the ones right here in DC -- coming together with the
spirit and sense of pride that has made America itself whole --
and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today and may God bless you all.
#
#
#
Nix
May 12, 1992
Draft Three
REC3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition, here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country. [ACKS]
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I
understand that some of you kids were out at the river enjoying
this sport earlier today. And I saw some of you learning to tie
knots and cast as part of the wonderful "Pathway to Fishing"
program. ((Remember, it's not how good you fish that counts,
it's how good you tell fish stories. //))
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and me when we
visited some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping
sites, and hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as
Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in
Washington state. ?
We have many other beautiful public parklands across this
country. But we also must remember that the great outdoors isn't
miles away and unreachable. It's close to home -- here at this
terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. Each of you
is a co-owner -- and as co-owners we all must help preserve our
great parklands.
2
Since the beginning of my administration, we have added over
$1 billion dollars to help our national parks, forests, wildlife
refuges and other public lands.
In this effort to preserve our environment, public-private
partnerships are so important. They help us all do our part.
Practically every day, people sit and fish on the river dock just
behind me -- one funded by the Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a
program created in 1984 to bring together the efforts of both the
fishing and boating industries. I was proud to have a role in
its creation and prouder still that this year, we're providing
more than $300 million for this fund to aid fishing and
boating improvements. Last year, Congress tried to cut Wallop-
Breaux in the appropriations process. But I assure you -- I will
not let them do it.
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
-
effort to improve some of our nation's most traveled highways.
Not just the highways that stretch across this country, but roads
that wind through the hearts of our cities -- we call them,
ribbons of green -- the "Roads America Loves." Here in
Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program beautifies roads like the
George Washington and Rock Creek Parkways. We are also helping
to support the creation of Greenways -- those combinations of
bicycling and hiking paths that are springing up throughout our
cities and countrysides.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
3
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet-card system with a multi-
page passport containing park information, maps, a motor decal,
and more. The best part: sales proceeds, estimated at $50
million, will go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime -- and I know the kids here are
counting every school day left -- we'll see these kids enjoying
the benefits of this clean-up project today. We'll see them
running off to this park: tumbling on the new playground,
casting out their fishing lines the way John and Tom and our
other fishing experts taught them ((hopefully, not my way//)),
and shooting hoops -- releasing the ball just the way Purvis told
them to do. But it's not just a kid's life. The great outdoors
is the perfect playground for the entire family, this country's
greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
4
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
Beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take action to
bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles -- and to all American
cities, including the District of Columbia. Tuesday, I called
Congressional leaders to the White House -- Republican and
Democrat. I outlined my 6-point plan for a New America: Our
HOPE
Weed and Seed anti-crime initiative. Our Hope housing
initiative. Enterprise Zones. Education reform, welfare reform
-- and a strong jobs program for city youth. I'm pleased with
the early reaction to my plan. It's a promising start -- and
we'll push ahead. //
I think we all agree: we've all got to come together --
rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the spirit of
our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
There are whole cities -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever;
5
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- covering once-defaced property with murals
with a good message;
sending?
Whole neighborhoods / whole cities / whole communities --
people like the ones right here in DC -- coming together with the
spirit and sense of pride that has made America itself whole --
and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today and may God bless you all.
#
#
#
Nix
May 12, 1992
Draft Two
REC2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition, here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country. [ACKS]
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I
understand that some of you kids were out at the river enjoying
this sport earlier today. And I saw some of you learning to tie
knots and cast as part of the wonderful "Pathway to Fishing"
program. (Remember, it's not how good you fish that counts,
it's how good you tell fish stories.//))
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and me when we
visited some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping
sites, and hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as
Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in
Washington state.
We have many other beautiful public parklands across this
country. But we also must remember that the great outdoors isn't
miles away and unreachable. It's close to home -- here at this
terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. Each of you
is a co-owner -- and as co-owners we all must help preserve our
great parklands.
2
Since the beginning of my administration, we have added over
$1 billion dollars to help our national parks, forests, wildlife
refuges and other public lands.
In this effort to preserve our environment, public-private
partnerships are so important. They help us all do our part.
Practically every day, people sit and fish on the river dock just
behind me -- one funded by the Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a
program created in 1984 to bring together the efforts of both the
fishing and boating industries. I was proud to have a role in
its creation and prouder still that this year, we're providing
more than $300 million dollars for this fund to aid fishing and
boating improvements. Last year, Congress tried to cut Wallop-
Breaux in the appropriations process. But I assure you -- I will
not let them do it.
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to improve some of our nation's most traveled highways.
Not just the long highways that Stretch reach across this country, but
roads that wind through the hearts of our cities -- we call them,
ribbons of green -- the "Roads America Loves.' " Here in
Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program beautifies roads like the
George Washington and Rock Creek Parkways. We are also helping
to support the creation of Greenways -- those combinations of
bicycling and hiking paths that are springing up throughout our
cities and countrysides.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
3
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet-card system with a multi-
page passport containing park information, maps, a motor decal,
and more. The best part: sales proceeds, estimated at $50
million, will go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime -- and I know the kids here are
counting every school day left -- we'll see these kids enjoying
the benefits of this clean-up project today. We'll see them
running off to this park: tumbling on the new playground,
casting out their fishing lines the way John and Tom and our
other fishing experts taught them ((hopefully, not my way//)),
and shooting hoops -- releasing the ball just the way Purvis told
them to do. But it's not just a kid's life. The great outdoors
is the perfect playground for the entire family, this country's
greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
4
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
Beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take action to
bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles -- and to all American
includes the Distrap Acolumative-
cities
Tuesday, I called Congressional leaders to the White
a
House -- Republican and Democrat. I outlined my 6-point plan for
a New America: Our Weed and Seed anti-crime initiative. Our
Hope housing initiative. Enterprise Zones. Education reform,
welfare reform -- and a strong jobs program for city youth.
I
/
am
pleased with the early reaction to my plan. It's a promising
start -- and we'll push ahead.
I Thenk we all agree 8 // we be all
And that S why it is SO very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
There are whole cities -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever;
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- covering once-defaced property with murals
with a good message;
5
Whole neighborhoods / whole cities / whole communities --
people like the ones right here in DC -- coming together with the
spirit and sense of pride that has made America itself whole --
and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today and may God bless you all.
#
#
#
THE RECREATION ROUNDTABLE
"Recreation isn't a special interest; it's everyone's interest."
FACT SHEET
A Roundtable for the chief executive officers of leading recreation companies was
first proposed by industry executives serving on the President's Commission on
Americans Outdoors in 1986. Commissioners Sheldon Coleman, Rex Maughan and Stu
Northrop saw an acute need for a forum to discuss key issues among the most forward-
thinking leaders of the $300 billion per annum recreation industry. They felt the
recreation industry was poorly understood in Washington and on Wall Street, and agreed
that all companies involved with recreation had a shared interest in four factors:
people and their changing leisure needs;
places for recreation;
products used for recreation; and
government actions influencing recreation opportunities.
In the fall of 1988, Sheldon Coleman's son, Sheldon C. Coleman and Dick Nunis
of Disney invited a select group of their peers in the recreation industry to join the
Recreation Roundtable. Eighteen of the recreation industry's top level executives
enthusiastically responded to the invitation, and the group met for the first time in
January 1989.
Roundtable members represent a broad range of interests indicative of the diverse
recreation activities enjoyed by Americans. Dick Nunis currently serves as Chairman of
the Roundtable and Harry Shaw of Huffy Corporation serves as the Vice Chairman. A
full listing of the Recreation Roundtable members is on the reverse side of this sheet.
The group agreed to a broad goal of developing strategies to enhance recreation
opportunities in America. Roundtable members will select one or two topical areas each
year for concerted, collective efforts. Currently Roundtable task forces are examining
recreation information systems, international marketing of U.S. recreation opportunities
and the America the Beautiful Passport.
The Recreation Roundtable meets twice annually. Its winter meeting is a three
day retreat. Selected guests are invited to join the discussions. The Roundtable also
holds a meeting in Washington, D. C., meeting with key Congressional and
Administration officials on such Roundtable issues as liability, partnerships, scenic
byways and energy policies.
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SUITE 726
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
(202) 662-7420
RECREATION ROUNDTABLE MEMBERSHIP
Richard D. Bass
Lawrence M. Jones
Arthur M. Peterson
General Partner
Chairman
President
Snowbird Ski and Summer
The Coleman Company, Inc.
Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
Resort
Glenn F. Kummer
Jack F. Reichert
Thomas Bedell
President
Chairman
President
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
Brunswick Corporation
Berkley Inc.
Terence S. Malone
Richard Schwartz
Sheldon C. Coleman
President
President
Chairman
Johnson Worldwide Associates
Boat Owners Association of
Sheldon Coleman Enterprises
The United States
Rex G. Maughan
James C. Chapman
Chairman
Harry A. Shaw, III²
President
Forever Living Products
Chairman
Outboard Marine Corporation
Huffy Corporation
Dave McCoy
William C. France
President/Owner
Robert A. Smalley, Sr.
President
Mammoth/June Ski Area
President
NASCAR
Cruise America
John L. Morris
Leon A. Gorman
President
Wally Smith
Chairman
Bass Pro Shops, Inc.
President
L.L. Bean
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Stuart J. Northrop *
David E. Hall
Chairman, Executive
Charles D. Strang, Jr. *
President
Committee
Chairman
Country Music Television
Huffy Corporation
Outboard Marine Corporation
Edward C. Hardy
Richard A. Nunis¹
Richard F. Teerlink
President
Chairman
President
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
Walt Disney Attractions
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
E. Randall Henderson, Jr.
Francis P. Pandolfi
John W. Teets
President
President
Chairman, President & CEO
Outdoor Resorts of America
Times Mirror Magazines, Inc.
The Dial Corp
*
signifies Emeritus status
1
signifies Chairman
2 signifies Vice Chairman
Executive Director:
Coordinators:
Charles B. McIlwaine
Derrick A. Crandall
Keith Kambak
Vice President
President
Vice President, Recreation
Corporate Communications
American Recreation Coalition
Walt Disney Attractions
The Coleman Company, Inc.
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FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
EMGARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL
November 23, 1990
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1990
The President today named the Volunteer Action Division of the
Department of Human Concerns, of Kahului, Hawaii, as the 309th
"Daily Point of Light.' The Volunteer Action Division unites the
residents of Kahului in an effort to maintain the beauty of the
island for residents, visitors, and future generations to enjoy.
The Volunteer Action Division was established to assist with litter
pick-up projects and to educate the public about the increasing
dangers of litter to the islands of Hawaii. Today, Kahului has
over 3,000 volunteers who assist with cleaning their community.
The volunteers have so far planted over 3,000 trees and collected
over 6,500 bags of trash and 95 tons of debris from parks.
Volunteers who work on the Adopt-A-Park and Adopt-A-Beach Access
programs focus on designated areas of the community, providing
consistent maintainance of public recreational areas. In addition,
volunteers for the Mayor's Advisory Committee for Persons with
Disabilities, a committee of the Volunteer Action Division, advise
the Division on better ways to serve disabled residents.
The President salutes the as the 309th "Daily Point of Light."
Daily Point of Light recognition is intended to call every
individual, group, and organization in America to claim society's
problems as their own by taking direct and consequential action;
to identify, enlarge, and multiply successful initiatives, like the
efforts of the volunteers of the Volunteer Action Division; and to
discover, encourage, and develop new leaders in community service,
reflecting the President's conviction that, "From now on in
America, any definition of a successful life must include serving
others.'
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Jill Chodorov
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 1990
The President today named the crew of the USS Elrod, of
Charleston, South Carolina, as the 289th "Daily Point of Light."
The crew of the USS Elrod is helping restore forests and
woodlands lost to Hurricane Hugo.
After six long months at sea during 1989, the USS Elrod returned
to its base just as Hurricane Hugo bore down on the coast of
South Carolina. Fallen trees and demolished houses inspired the
crew of the Elrod to help the community recover from the
hurricane. The crew founded "Trees for Charleston," a program
through which more than 72,000 trees have been distributed
throughout the community. On the USS Elrod, a large sign
displays the increasing number of trees planted by the crew.
When the ship is docked in Charleston, the crew works on the
weekends and after hours with other community organizations,
planting trees at schools, parks, highways, and neighborhoods.
The crew uses this opportunity to talk with community members and
school children about the importance of planting trees and the
preservation of the environment. In addition, dressed in
uniform, the crew visits schools, where they distribute seedlings
and talk with children about the importance of planting trees.
The President salutes the crew of the USS Elrod as the 289th
"Daily Point of Light." Daily Point of Light recognition is
intended to call every individual, group, and organization in
America to claim society's problems as their own by taking direct
and consequential action; to identify, enlarge, and multiply
successful initiatives, like the efforts of the crew of the USS
Elrod; and to discover, encourage, and develop new leaders in
community service, reflecting the President's conviction that,
"From now on in America, any definition of a successful life must
include serving others."
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Jill Chodorov
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 13, 1990
The President today named Mountaineers, Inc., of Phoenix,
Arizona, as the one hundred ninety-fourth "Daily Point of Light."
The volunteers of Mountaineers, Inc. protect and restore the
Phoenix Mountain Preserve.
Mountaineers was founded in 1985 in response to the deteriorating
deserts of the Phoenix landscape. More than 250 concerned
citizens, including doctors, lawyers, students, teachers, and
senior citizens, remove trash from the desert, replant desert
)
vegetation, eliminate unnecessary roads, repair damaged paths and
trails, and install signs and markers.
The volunteers work on a variety of projects, such as removing
abandoned car parts from the desert, clearing a trail for those
who are physically disabled, transplanting a variety of desert
plants, and lining trails with Braille markers, which describe
plants, animals, and obstacles on the trail for the visually
impaired. In addition, the volunteers speak to students and
other community members on the importance of preserving the
desert.
The President salutes Mountaineers, Inc. as the one hundred
ninety-fourth "Daily Point of Light." Daily Point of Light
recognition is intended to call every individual, group, and
organization in America to claim society's problems as their own
by taking direct and consequential action; to identify, enlarge,
and multiply successful initiatives, like Mountaineers; and to
discover, encourage, and develop new leaders in community
service, reflecting the President's conviction that, "From now on
in America, any definition of a successful life must include
serving others."
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Robert Marbut
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 1990
The President today named the Yellowstone Recovery Corps, of
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, as the one hundred sixtieth
"Daily Point of Light." The Yellowstone Recovery Corps,
organized by the Student Conservation Association, brings new
hope to Yellowstone National Park.
The Yellowstone Recovery Corps, a project of the Student
Conservation Association in partnership with the National Park
Service and the United States Forest Service, was created in
response to the wildfires which swept through Yellowstone in
1988. Beginning in the summer of 1989, the Recovery Corps began
restoring the charred forests and trails of the park. Hundreds
of volunteers rerouted trails, rebuilt bridges, and reconstructed
firelines.
After attending an orientation and training session at the
basecamp, "Blister Rust Camp," volunteers, who serve at least one
month, hike to a remote work site where they are met by trained
leaders. The volunteers put in long days in all kinds of
weather, and they return ash-covered each night to the primitive
camp. Volunteers serving on a short-term basis stay in barracks
at Blister Rust Camp and work on projects within the vicinity.
Two hundred individuals have already volunteered to serve during
the summer of 1990.
The President salutes the Yellowstone Recovery Corps as the one
hundred sixtieth "Daily Point of Light." Daily Point of Light
recognition is intended to call every individual, group, and
organization in America to claim society's problems as their own
by taking direct and consequential action; to identify, enlarge,
and multiply successful initiatives, like the Yellowstone
Recovery Corps; and to discover, encourage, and develop new
leaders in community service, reflecting the President's
conviction that, "From now on in America, any definition of a
successful life must include serving others."
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Robert Marbut
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 8, 1990
The President today named "Page Attacks Trash" of Page, Arizona
as the eighty-fifth "Daily Point of Light." This initiative is
committed to keeping the area in and around Page free of litter.
Every year, the city of Page hosts two to three million tourists.
Ten years ago, in order to combat the litter problem resulting
from the influx of visitors, local citizens mobilized to create
Page Attacks Trash. Staged annually on the third Saturday of
May, this clean-up effort has grown to include not only the
entire city of Page, but Navajo lands and the Glen Canyon
National Recreation Area as well. Service organizations, Scouts,
local and state officials, and many others pledge year after year
to clean up their community.
This past year, residents of Page and of the LeChee Chapter of
the Navajo Nation turned out 70% of their population to pick up
tourist trash. Degradable plastic garbage bags were used to
collect over 140 tons of debris, the largest cleanup to date.
The President applauds Page Attacks Trash for its work to keep
the Page, Arizona environment clean. The volunteers of this
effort exemplify the President's conviction that, "From now on in
America, any definition of a successful life must include serving
others."
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Robert Marbut
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 12, 1990
The President today announced Project Good Turn of Missoula,
Montana as the sixty-fifth daily "Point of Light" in a White
House ceremony honoring the Boy Scouts of America. This massive
highway clean-up effort was initiated by the Montana Council of
Boy Scouts in Great Falls and involves thousands of volunteers
all over Montana.
In 1985, the Montana Council of Boy Scouts appointed former Boy
Scout, Chuck Timothy, to direct Project Good Turn, with the
mission of cleaning up Montana highways and lands. This effort
has grown to include the Girl Scouts, the Montana Highway
Department, the Highway Patrol, the American Radio Release
League, the National Guard, and various other civic
organizations.
Project Good Turn has become an annual Montana tradition. Over
the past five years, 5000 tons of trash have been collected and
over 30,000 young people have participated in clean-up efforts.
Their continued and increased involvement ensure the success of
this year's Project Good Turn on April 28, 1990.
The President salutes Project Good Turn for its active
involvement in alleviating the problem of waste disposal.
Through the initiative of the Montana Council of Boy Scouts and
the participation of other groups across Montana, Project Good
Turn shines brightly as an example of consequential community
engagement.
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor (202) 456-6266
24
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 22, 1989
THE DAILY "POINT OF LIGHT"
The President today named the town of Hope, New Mexico as his
twenty-fourth daily "Point of Light. " The residents of this
small western town volunteered their time to transform an
abandoned school into a new community center.
The citizens of Hope, New Mexico (population 300) decided not to
let the old Hope school building go to waste. Citizens of the
community volunteered their time and services to fix up the
building. It now houses an adult center, the Hope Police
Department (which currently has one officer), and the town
library. Plans exist to add a weight lifting room and refurbish
the gym.
The President praises the citizens of Hope for their willingness
to lend a helping hand to improve their community. They help us
remember that every community in the nation possesses the means
to enhance its own quality of life.
# # #
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Galletta (202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 2, 1991
The President today named the volunteers of the Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation of Toledo, Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, as the
369th "Daily Point of Light." The volunteers of the Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation of Toledo, Inc. (NIFTI) beautify the
community, while enhancing the environment.
Founded in 1957, NIFTI recruits community members to clean and
maintain neighborhoods and preserve natural resources in the
community. NIFTI has encouraged city blocks to form Block Clubs,
through which neighbors gather to clean trash and debris from
streets and empty lots. On Saturdays, members of NIFTI rotate
blocks, visiting each block in a refuse truck to pick up the
collected trash. In addition, local nurseries donate plants to
blocks that participate in this effort.
Community members also participate in additional clean-up
projects. NIFTI coordinated a clean-up project of Swann Creek,
collecting over 150 tons of trash over two weekends. They also
clean the Buckeye Basin and the Ottawa River. Through this
effort, the community has noticed a considerable decrease in the
amount of trash which pollutes local natural resources and
neighborhoods.
The President salutes the volunteers of the Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation of Toledo, Inc. as the 369th "Daily Point
of Light." Daily Point of Light recognition is intended to call
every individual, group, and organization in America to claim
society's problems as their own by taking direct and
consequential action; to identify, enlarge, and multiply
successful initiatives, like the efforts of the volunteers of
NIFTI; and to discover, encourage, and develop new leaders in
community service, reflecting the President's conviction that,
"From now on in America, any definition of a successful life must
include serving others."
###
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Jill Chodorov
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 1992
The President today recognized the volunteers of the Philadelphia
Anti-Graffiti Network of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 673rd
Daily Point of Light for the Nation. Network participants remove
graffiti from buildings and help beautify the city with the
artistic creations of muralists.
Over the past seven years, vandalized walls in Philadelphia's many
neighborhoods have been transformed into murals through the Mayor's
Anti-Graffiti Network. Urban scrawl and graffiti colorings have
been replaced with images of affirmation. Twenty-five youngsters
have been instructed by famous visual artists, and the youth now
share palettes with museum-quality painters. They assist the
artists in creating many of the scenes that now decorate
Philadelphia structures.
In 1990, 1,838 young volunteers "whitewashed" 5,237 defaced
properties in their own neighborhoods, showing that being part of
the solution is more fulfilling than being a part of the problem.
The Network encourages artistic expression among young people and
is changing the way the city's youth are responding to the graffiti
crisis.
The Network has several programs centered around the removal and
beautification process. The "Target Unit," a group that uses high
pressure to wash buildings, removed graffiti from 183 residential
properties and 16 schools. The 2,918 volunteer "Field
Representatives," have undertaken 631 neighborhood clean-ups of
2,167 low-income residential properties. Mural staffers conduct
16 hour, month-long workshops at art studios, raising student
interest and participation in the arts.
The Anti-Graffiti Network's idea spread throughout the country with
the development of the National Clean Sweep Games, held annually
in Philadelphia. Over 350 youth from 15 states participate in five
days of events designed to increase appreciation for clean
neighborhoods.
The President salutes the volunteers of the Anti-Graffiti Network
for exemplifying his belief that, "From now on in America, any
definition of a successful life must include serving others."
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Taylor or Miah Homstad
(202) 456-6266
THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
5/11/92
Michele-
J hope these DPOLS are
helpful. set no know & you
need anything further.
Thank,
Jacky
Insert
5/B For Michele 2 Nix
Beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take action to
bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles -- and to all Ameircan
cities. Yesterday, I called Congressional leaders to the White
House -- Republican and Democrat. I outlined my 6-point plan for
a New America: Our Weed and Seed anti-crime initiative. Our
HOPE housing initiative. Enterprise Zones. Education reform,
welfare reform -- and a strong summer jobs program for city
youth. I am pleased with the early reaction to my plan. It's a
promising start -- and we'll push ahead. //
Nancy- please Pass this along
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OF
THE INTERIOR
United States Department of the Interior
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS-EAST
Made WE
1900 ANACOSTIA DRIVE, S.E.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20020
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DELIVER TO:
MichAele Nix
OFFICE:
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FAX NO:
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SUBJECT:
ANACOSTIA Park
FROM:
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Individual: Dottie Benton
Phone: 690-5155
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PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE
Anacostia Park was created to provide open space for public
recreational use within the Federal City. The Reclamation Flats
Act (1913-1918) provided that Anacostia mud flats from the mouth
of the river to the District of Columbia line would be reclaimed
for park purposes. A stipulation in the August 31, 1918 District
of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal 1919 designated
Anacostia Park as part of the park system of the District of
Columbia. In 1922 an Executive Order placed Anacostia Park under
the jurisdiction of NPS.
The resources of Anacostia Park are extremely diverse and therein
lies their significance for they offer = broad array of
recreational opportunities to their visitors. The sections of
the park, cut off on one side by the river and otherwise
surrounded and isolated by roads, bridges, freeways and
industrial and residential development, form park islets of
valuable greenspace surrounded by urban sprawl.
Reservation 343C offers open space for jogging, biking, or
fishing. It also hosts the NCP-East headquarters, and U.S. Park
Police facilities, including 2 helicopter unit.
Reservation 343-D on the west bank of the river is used for
boating and outdoor recreation. Three private boat clubs are
located here, as well as pienic and play areas. On the Anacostia
side of the river, in the Fairlaun Section, the District of
Columbia operates a recreation center and swimming pool.
In Reservation 343E, the Twining Section, the Anacostia Pavilion
provides space for roller skating, concerts, community exhibits
and environmental education programs. Outdoor recreational
facilities are located next to the pevilion. Thousands of
visitors attend First Amendment and special events in this part
of the park. A boat club and of marine are located in the
section, on the west side of the river.
Reservation 343F includes a 200 foot strip on the west bank and
Kingman Island, which is currently under management of the
District of Columbia by cooperative agreement. On the east bank
the reservation includes the River Terrace which has a
playground, tennis and basketball courts, and a softball field.
Reservation 343-G encompasses Langston Golf Course and Kenilworth
Park and the Aquatic Gardens. Because of the unique nature of
the Kenilworth area, it is treated as a seperate park with its
own Statement for Management.
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INFLUENCES: INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS
Management of Anacostia Park is influenced primarily by the
degradation of the resource caused by heavy visitor use and urban
encroachment, the need for cooperation with parties interested in
the functioning of the various park areas and the need to provide
a varied and safe visitor experience. Restraints on manpower and
budget; encourage management to seek the investment of the time
and funds of private enterprise and the local citizenry in
helping to achieve its goals.
Information on natural resources is inadequate for effective
management. Resource problems relate to landscape restoration,
exotic plant species, insect and disease problems of park flora,
shoreline erosion, seewall deterioration and pollution of park
waters. There is e lack of adequate access and circulation to
serve approved uses of the park and chronic traffic congestion
during peak use on roads and parking areas in the park.
Appropriate visitor use and enjoyment is unnecessarily restricted
or limited by inadequate interpretive information, orientation
materials and signing to facilitate approved park uses.
Effective park management is hampered by the adverse effects of
vandalism and dumping. The rapid increase in park use has
adversely impacted the visitor experience and park resource.
Legislative and Administrative Requirements
Apart from the mandates of Anecostie Perk's enabling legislation
cited above, concession contracts and special use permits also
place constraints upon the management of the park.
Concessioner-operated marinas are located at Fort McNeir and
Buzzard's Point in Section D, Anacostia Marina in Section E and a
concessioner-operated golf course exists in Section G. Four
private boat clubs operate under special use permits, two in
Section D and two in Section E. By cooperative agreement the
District of Columbia operates the recreation center and swimming
pool in Section D. The tennis courts and lighted ballfields in
this section are also operated by the District of Columbia
Department of Recreation.
RESOURCES
Natural
The primary natural resource in Anecostia Park, apart from
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, which will be discussed
separately, is the Anacostia River. During the 18th and 19th
centuries, the tidal waters of the river flowed between small
islands and into many marshes and bays dominated by wild rice
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(Zizania aquatica), and other emergent plant species. Landfill
projects and channelization of the river have converted the
winding watercourse of the past into = single channel, lined by
seawall and flanked by gressy slopes rising gently to the low
hills above.
However, there are still remnent wetlands located within Section
G.of Anacostie Perk. Perhaps the most significant ones are
located in Kenilworth Park (see Kenilworth Park and Aquatic
Gardens SFM) and Kingman Lake, which encompasses some 115 acres
of open water, mud flats, and small islands.
Other natural areas in Anacostia Park include the managed meadows
of Kenilworth Park and Section F of Anacostia Park just above the
Conrail Bridge. Meadows not only provide more diverse habitat
for wildlife such as meadowlarks and rebbits, which otherwise may
not occur in the city, but also reduce maintenance burdens by
eliminating unnecessary moving of areas that are not utilized for
other types of active recreation. Along the Anacostia River
seawall, and other edge areas that are not mowed regularly, =
diversity of plants typically occurs. Some of the more unusual,
and/or interesting species include desmanthus (Desmanthus
illinoiensis), humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba), false
indigo CAmorpha fruticosa), honeyvine (Cynanchum leeve), evening
lychnis (Lychnis elba), dense-flowered waterwillow (Justicia
americana), and common threesquare (Scirpus americanus).
Wildlife associated with the natural areas described above
include numerous song birds, wading birds, and birds of prey,
several species of reptiles and amphibians, muskrat, beaver, and
red and/or grey fox.
Sand and gravel quarrying and land development upstream in
Maryland have caused river siltation and sedimentation and the
consequent narrowing of the channel. Pollution, in the form of
storm water overflows and the spillage of oil and other hazardous
wastes, has altered the nature of plant and animal life within
and along the river. With the exception of the extreme northern
end, the wetlands have been eliminated.
Cultural
The only facility in Anacostia Park, used for cultural
activities operated by park staff is the Anacostia Pavilion
where First Amendment rallies and special events, such as Malcolm
X Day and concerts, are held. The primary historic resource
within Anacostia Park is the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, which
will be discussed separately.
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Recreational
All sections of the park contain recreational resources which
support hiking, biking, jogging, boating, fishing, picnicking,
field sports, court games, children's games, swimming, roller
skating, and river viewing.
Land Uses and Trends
The eastern border of Anacostia Park is densely populated. The
southernmost sections of the park are separated from the
residential community by the Anacostia Freeway (Route I-295). A
bewildering array of bridges, Conrail tracks, unconnected roads,
overpasses and underpasses chop the park into poorly accessible
fragments. The northern areas are bordered by urban development
with adequate public transportation. Construction of a Metro
station in Section or, is currently underway and will provide
excellent access to this southern park area. It is planned to
include surface parking for 400 vehicles and a 750-car parking
garage.
In Section E the Barney Circle Freeway Project is expected to
ease traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capitol Hill area
and will provide a parkway in Section F along the western bank of
the river.
Visitor Use Analysis
Of the approximately 905,000 visitors who enjoy Anacostia Park
each year, an estimated 80 per cent do not live in the immediate
vicinity. The park serves the entire metropoliten Washington
area.
The Anacostia Park Pavilion is a multi-purpose sports complex
located in section 343-E between the Sousa Bridge and the Conrail
switchyard. It is surrounded by open fields, 2 childrens play
area, game boards, basketball courts, 2 convertible volleyball
court, shuffleboard courts and one baseball field. Although it
is primarily a roller skating facility, one of its greatest
assets is its versatile. It has hosted many activities such as
discos, religious revivals, trade fairs, book faire and a number
of other community programs sponsored by the National Park
Service and the D.C. Public Schools. North of the Anacostia
Pavilion is a large open field which attracts many large public
gatherings such as the annual Malcolm-X Day observance end
concerts by many local bands on weekend afternoons and evenings.
This area is also used for other activities such as frisbee
tournements and large religious revivals. The area between the
access road and the Anacostia Pavilion basketball courts is used
for baseball and touch football games.
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Primarily local residents from the surrounding community use the
basketball courts at the Anacostia Pavilion and the fields north
of the Anacostia Recreation Center for touch football and
baseball. Many visitors gather to fish, pienic and socialize
among the trees along Anacostia Drive from the Anacostia
Recreation Center to Nicholson Street. Tennis is also = major
sport in this area with courts being used from early morning on
weekdays and weekends to about 10 e.m. and from 3 p.m. to dark
during the peak visitation period.
Visitors throughout the metropolitan area use athletic fields
from the USPP Aviation to the field north of the Anacostia
Pavilion. Their major sporting events are touch football,
baseball, softball, rugby, and frisbee games and tournaments.
Their activities occur on weekday evenings and weekends during
the peak visitation periods. The people that participate in
these activities are young adult government workers from Capitol
Hill, Virginia and the Maryland Suburbs.
The U.S. Marines stationed at the Marine Barracks in Southeast
Washington, D.C. often use the Anacostia Park as a training
facility.
Visitation of Anacostia Park has doubled in the past ten years.
In the 1978, 430,500 people visited the park. In 1987, over
900,000 people visited the park (see monthly and annual
visitation charts).
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Legislative Constraints
Public Law 55 (1898). A joint resolution of Congress providing
an appropriation for the improvement of the Anacostia River and
flats.
Public Law S0 (1909) 35 Stat. 700. Provided for the employment
of Special Counsel to determine ownership of the lend and
riparian rights along the Anacostia River, for the purpose of
improvement of the Anacostia River flats.
P.L. 61 (1911) 36 Stat. 1005 Anacostia reclamation.
P.L. 62 (1913) 3? Stat. 97 Anacostia land acquisition.
P.L. 63 (1914) 38 Stat. 549 Anacostia land acquisition.
District of Columbia Appropriations Act (1918). This act
designates Anacostia Park system of the District of Columbia. As
defined in the Act, the park includes "The entire area reclaimed
and to be reclaimed from the mouth of the Anecostia River
extending to the District Line." This act designated the
reclaimed land for park purposes and protects this status by law.
District of Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1919 40
Stat. 950. (Half the sums from Treasury and half from District
revenues) for continuing the reclamation and development of the
Anacostia River and Flats from the mouth of the river to the
District line, to be expended SO far as concerns the section from
the Anacostia Bridge to the District line, for the purpose and
under the conditions specified in the sites for this improvement
contained in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act for the
Fiscal Year nineteen hundred and eighteen, $75,000 and SC far as
concerns the section from the mouth of the river to the
Anacostia Bridge, in accordance with the approved project printed
in house document numbered eighty-seven, fifty-fifth congress,
third session, there is hereby appropriated and available fund
from appropriations heretofore made for said reclamation work
from the mouth of the river to the Anacostia Bridge; and provided
further, that the entire area reclaimed and to be reclaimed from
the mouth of the river to the District line be and the same is
hereby made and declared a part of the park system of the
District of Columbia and designated Anacostia Park; and provided
further, that the assessment for special benefits provided for in
said District of Columbia Appropriations Act for the Fiscal Year
1915, for the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River
and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District
line, shall be extended to include the special benefits arising
from the reclamation and development of said river and flats from
the mouth of the river to the District line.
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Public Law 66 (1919) 41 Stat. 99. Provided for the reclamation
and development of Anacostia Park in accordance with the plans
specified in the item for the reclamation of the Anacostia River
and Flats, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriations
Act for the Fiscal Year 1919.
Public Law 69-187 (1926) 44 Stat. 405. Authorized transfer to the
durisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of
as certain portion of Anacostia Park for use as a tree nursery.
Public Law 69-435 (1926) H.R. 11802. This law authorized
transfer to the jurisdiction of the United States Botanic Garden
of a certain portion of the Anacostia River for use as 2 tree
nursery.
Capper-Cramton Act (1930) 46 Stat. 482. as amended by the Act of
August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 960), Section 3, of the Act of July 19,
1952 (66 Stat. 78, 791), and the Act of August 12, 1958 (72 Stat
705). An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development
of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from
Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to
provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia
and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the
comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the
National Capital.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK, MARYLAND
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country. [ACKS]
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I saw some
of you kids out at the river enjoying it when I drove up. And I
saw some of you learning to tie knots and cast as part of the
wonderful "Pathway to Fishing" program. ((Remember, it's not how
good you fish that counts, it's how good you tell fish
stories.//))
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and I when we visited
some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping sites, and
hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as Mount
Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in Washington
state.
Like Glacier National, we have many other beautiful public
parklands across this country. But we also must remember that
the great outdoors isn't miles away and unreachable. It's close
to home -- here at this terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. And each of
}
you is a co-owner and as co-owners we all need to help preserve
our great parklands.
2
That's why public-private partnerships are so important.
They help us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit
and fish on the river dock just behind me -- one funded by the
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a program created in 1984 to bring
together the efforts of both the fishing and boating industries.
I was proud to have a role in its creation and even more proud
that this year, we're providing more than $300 million dollars
whatisthis?
for this fund to aid fishing, boating and other aquaticovements.
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to improve some of our nations most traveled highways.
Not just the long highways that reach across this country, but
roads that wind through the hearts of our cities -- we call them,
ribbons of green -- the "Roads America Loves. " Here in
Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program beautifies roads like the
George Washington and Rock Creek Parkways.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in the Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet-card access system with a
multi-page passport containing maps, addresses and phone numbers
for further information, a motor vehicle decal and more. The
3
best part: sales proceeds of these passports, estimated at $50
million, will go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime -- and I know the kids here are
counting every school day left -- we'll see these kids enjoying
the benefits of this clean-up project today. We'll see them
running off to this park: tumbling on the new playground,
casting out their fishing lines the way Tom or John taught them
((hopefully, not my way//)), and shooting hoops -- releasing the
ball just the way Purvis told them to do. But it's not just a
kid's life. The great outdoors is the perfect playground for the
entire family, this country's greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
And that's why it is so very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
4
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
There are whole cities -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever;
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- transforming coverny once defaced property with bad
with
a
words into murals with good messages;
Whole neighborhoods / whole cities / whole communities --
people like the ones right here in DC -- coming together with the
spirit and sense of pride that has made America itself whole --
and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today and may God bless you all.
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ack for Purvis -- this short guy over here, Purvis
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REC
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK, MARYLAND
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country.
[OTHER ACKS]
((Derrick only let me look at the water today. I guess he's
afraid if I get too close, I'll want to join in the fishing and
never quit. // I know there's a lot of people out there who say
I don't catch many fish. That's cause I'm too busy looking for
that one that got away. //))
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I saw some
of you kids out at the river enjoying it when I drove up. And I
saw some of you learning to tie knots and cast as part of the
wonderful "Pathway to Fishing" program. ( (Remember, it's not how
good you fish that counts, it's how good you tell fish
stories.
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and I when we visited
some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping sites, and
hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as Mount
Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in Washington
state. Some of you were even with me when I took my grandson,
George P. to the Grand Tetons.
2
Memories of the outdoors can stay with you all your life,
and I'll never forget when George P. first caught site of those
majestic mountains. His eyes widened and a smile reached across
his face from ear to ear. Whenever I think of George P. and that
special moment -- I find the same smile comes across my own face.
Moments like these are what reminds us that our kids will truly
inherit the Earth and we must see that those same smiles continue
to show up in future generations.
Like Grand Teton National Park, we have many other beautiful
public parklands across this country. But we also must remember
that the great outdoors isn't miles away and unreachable. It's
here -- at this terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. One out of 3
acres of this great country is federally managed public land and
each of you here today is a co-owner. And that's why, as a co-
owner we all need to help preserve our great parklands.
That's why public-private partnerships are so important.
They help us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit
and fish on the river dock just behind me -- one funded by the
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a program created in 1984 to bring
together the efforts of both the fishing and boating industries.
I was proud to have a role in its creation and even more proud
that this year, we're providing more than $300 million dollars
for this fund, which will go to aid fishing, boating and other
aquatic improvements.
3
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to identify, designate and improve some of our nations
most traveled highways. Not just the long highways that reach
across this country, but roads that wind through the hearts of
our cities -- we call them, ribbons of green -- the "Roads
America Loves. " Here in Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program
beautifies roads like the George Washington and Rock Creek
Parkways.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in the Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet card access system with a
multi-page passport containing maps, addresses and phone numbers
for further information, a motor vehicle decal and more. The
best part: sales proceeds of these passports -- expected to
increase by $50 million -- will go to fund other recreation and
wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime, no doubt a favorite time of year for
you kids -- we'll see these kids enjoying the benefits of this
clean-up project today. We'll see them running off to this park:
tumbling on the new playground, casting out their fishing lines
4
the way Tom or John taught them ((hopefully, not my way//)), and
shooting baskets on the court -- releasing the ball just the way
Purvis told them to do. But it's not just a kid's life. The
great outdoors is the perfect playground for the entire family,
this country's greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
And that's why it is so very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
There are whole communities --- like Greers Ferry, Arkansas -
- 8,000 volunteers, who started coming together more than a
decade ago to clean up their local lake, once a favorite
recreation spot, before dumping and littering took over. Now,
5
there's almost no more litter to pick up -- so they get together
for one big party -- to celebrate what is now a beautiful lake.
There are whole towns -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever; and Hope,
New Mexico -- rehabing an abandoned building into a new community
center.
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- transforming once defaced property with bad
words into murals with good messages; and Toledo's Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation -- preserving and beautifying their
neighborhoods through litter pickups, while enhancing the
environment with plants and flowers donated by local nurseries.
Whole communities / whole towns / whole neighborhoods --
coming together with the spirit and sense of pride that has made
America itself whole --- and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today.
((I'd better go now. I hear the fish are biting -- the
really big ones that swim around on Capitol Hill.//))
Thank you all and may God bless the United States of
America.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK, MARYLAND
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
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Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
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volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country.
[OTHER ACKS]
((Derrick only let me look at the water today I guess he's
afraid if I get too close, I'll want to join in the fishing and
never quit. // I know there's a lot of people out there who say
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I don't catch many fish. That's cause I'm too busy looking for
that one that got away. //)).
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I saw some
of you kids out at the river enjoying it when I drove up. And I
saw some of you learning to tie knots and cast as part of the
wonderful "Pathway to Fishing" program. ( (Remember, it's not how
good you fish that counts, it's how good you tell fish
stories.
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and I when we visited
some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping sites, and
hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as Mount
Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in Washington
state. Some of you were even with me when I took my grandson,
George P. to the Grand Tetons.
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Memories of the outdoors can stay with you all your life,
and I'll never forget when George P. first caught site of those
majestic mountains. His eyes widened and a smile reached across
his face from ear to ear. Whenever I think of George P. and that
special moment -- I find the same smile comes across my own face.
Moments like these are what reminds us that our kids will truly
inherit the Earth and we must see that those same smiles continue
to show up in future generations.
Like Grand Teton National Park, we have many other beautiful
public parklands across this country. But we also must remember
that the great outdoors isn't miles away and unreachable. It's
close to home- here
here at this terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
let's
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. One out of
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acres of this great country is federally managed public land and
each of you here today is a co-owner. -) And that's why, as a co-
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owner we all need to help preserve our great parklands.
That's why public-private partnerships are so important.
They help us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit
and fish on the river dock just behind me -- one funded by the
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a program created in 1984 to bring
together the efforts of both the fishing and boating industries.
I was proud to have a role in its creation and even more proud
that this year, we're providing more than $300 million dollars
for this fund, which will go to aid fishing, boating and other
aquatic improvements.
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And then there's our Scenic By Ways program -- a six-year
effort to identify, designate and improve some of our nations
most traveled highways. Not just the long highways that reach
across this country, but roads that wind through the hearts of
our cities -- we call them, ribbons of green -- the "Roads
America Loves. Here in Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program
beautifies roads like the George Washington and Rock Creek
Parkways.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in the Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet card access system with a
multi-page passport containing maps, addresses and phone numbers
for further information, a motor vehicle decal and more. The
best part: sales proceeds of these passports -- expected to
increase by $50 million -- will'go to fund other recreation and
wildlife projects.
and J hnow the luds here are counting
As we enter summertime, no doubt a favorite time of year for
every school day left
you kids -- we 11 see these kids enjoying the benefits of this
clean-up project today. We'll see them running off to this park:
tumbling on the new playground, casting out their fishing lines
survs the fed gov't when informet they're
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the way Tom or John taught them ((hopefully, not my way//)), and
shooting baskets hoops on the court -- releasing the ball just the way
Purvis told them to do. But it's not just a kid's life. The
great outdoors is the perfect playground for the entire family,
this country's greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
And that's why it is so very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
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There are whole communities -- like Greers Ferry, Arkansas -
- 8,000 volunteers, who starting coming together more than a
decade ago to clean up their local lake, once a favorite
recreation spot, before dumping and littering took over. Now,
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there's almost no more litter to pick up -- so they get together
for one big party -- to celebrate what is now a beautiful lake.
There are whole cities towns -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
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140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever; and Hope,
New Mexico -- rehabing an abandoned building into a new community
center.
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There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- transforming once defaced property with bad
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words into murals with good messages; and Toledo's Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation -- preserving and beautifying their
neighborhoods through litter pickups, while enhancing the
environment with plants and flowers donated by local nurseries.
Whole / whole towns / neighborhoods --
neighborhnody communities cities whole communities
coming together with the spirit and sense of pride that has made
America itself whole -- and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today.
((I'd better go now. I hear the fish are biting -- the
really big ones that swim around on Capitol Hill.//))
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Thank you all and may God bless the United States of
America.
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SCHEDULE FOR ARC/RECREATION ROUNDTABLE
MAY 14 ACTIVITIES
0745
Depart Grand Hyatt for assembly site via motorcoach.
0800
Arrival by motorcoach and private vehicles at assembly point (Anacostia
Park). Coffee and donuts provided. Briefing and division into teams.
0830
Depart for other work sites (Rock Creek, Fort Dupont).
0900
Volunteer efforts begin at 3 sites. Periodic breaks for water, snacks.
1130
Kids fishing program begins at Anacostia park site.
1235
Project wrap-up at all sites except Anacostia Park. Transport back to
Anacostia from other two work sites via RVs, vans, and motorcoachs.
1245
Picnic lunch begins near DC Aquatic Resources Education Center in Anacostia
Park.
1:00
POTUS arrives at ANACOSTIA PARK and proceeds to DC Aquatic
Resources Center where he is greeted by Derrick Crandall, President of
American Recreation Coalition.
1:02
POTUS is briefed on the "Pathway to Fishing" Program by Tom Bedell,
President of Berkeley, Inc. and John Turner, Director of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (or FWS representative). (5 minutes)
1:07
POTUS goes to one of the "Pathway" stations and meets kids participating
in program. PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. (3 minutes)
1:10
POTUS walks to Wallop-Breaux funded dock for briefing on Wallop-
Breaux success and to see results of river clean-up. Sees boat and raft
with volunteers and boat with kids fishing. Talks to volunteers and kids.
(7 minutes).
1:17
POTUS walks to picnic site, greets picnickers, and proceeds to staging
area. (3 minutes)
1:20
POTUS is introduced.
1:21
POTUS remarks. (10 minutes)
1:31
POTUS concludes remarks, exits through DC Aquatic Resources Center
for brief tour. (5 minutes)
1:36
POTUS departs ANACOSTIA PARK.
1400
Departure by volunteers from staging area, return to hotels, etc.
1800
Reception begins -- Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award dinner at Grand
Hyatt.
1900
Dinner begins.
1915
Remarks by Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
2030
Presentation of award to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director John Turner.
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Dinner concludes.
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Willintro RFK distiner
Points to hit
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Stress community
Different kind of black community
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Paint a picture of black community
than what America saw in LA
6 sites - 30 people
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Fisherame -
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Converge for Lunch
1:00 POTUS
/ POTUS makes address
Marla Mom's - Park Service Pub Affairs
300 people - volunteer
6-8 sites
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Wallup Roe Trust Fand
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Rock Creek
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River Queenus IndPorus - -kids out fishing
100 Kids 8-10 casting minutes
Volunteers - CEO of Rec Industries
Take Pride in America Month
Getting involved in public land
Eating picna lunchages 1 schmoozing
PO The your to B-ball courts
potus Speaks
wash Bulletins Purvis Ellizon playing - before b hall hespeaks
Drrector of Note
Rack Service
James Redenaur
POTUS at clock: POTUS notadock
Will plant a tree
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Take a Pride in America Banner
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Putting the inew playground
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Spotted owldecision
Kids becoming Adopted schools of Dep Int skg. DC-schools
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Ft. Dup Rock Creek
Catcher of Johnson Junder High
Banner
American Recreation Coalition
Dedicated to the protection and enhancement of every citizen's
right to pursue health and happiness through leisure-time activities.
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION?
The American Recreation Coalition (ARC) is a non-profit Washington-based federation
founded in 1979. The association provides a unified voice for recreation interests to ensure their full
and active participation in government policy-making on issues such as public land management,
energy, and liability. ARC membership consists of more than 100 organizations, including national
and regional associations and corporations that represent a major share of the $300+ billion a year
recreation/leisure industry and enthusiast groups representing millions of recreationists.
Among ARC's primary missions is the stimulation of partnerships to provide quality
recreation opportunities. Many of these partnerships combine the resources of the private sector with
public agencies. ARC has arranged for the preparation and printing of brochures and maps for the
National Park Service and Forest Service; helped devise a unique management plan for an intensively
used forest site in southern California; and forged partnerships between federal agencies and
companies for such projects as scenic byways and Take Pride in America. ARC's major programs
and services include:
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - In addition to monitoring legislative and regulatory proposals that
influence recreation, ARC works with government agencies and the U.S. Congress to study public
policy issues that will shape future recreation opportunities. ARC spearheaded the drive to create a
national commission to develop a blueprint for meeting America's future recreation needs. The
President's Commission on American Outdoors (PCAO) was created by President Reagan in 1985.
Today, ARC provides important leadership on follow-up efforts to the commission's 1987 report.
Key recommendations task forces are actively pursuing include scenic byways, recreation information
systems, liability, and recreation program funding.
ARC also cultivates broad based consensus on recreation issues through special interest
coalitions, such as the American League of Anglers and Boaters, a group of boating and fishing
groups that champion the Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund. ARC has also organized a Scenic Byways
Coalition, to help define a national scenic byways program, and the Landowner and Recreationist
Alliance, which seeks to expand public recreation opportunities on private lands.
RECREATION EXCHANGES - Monthly meetings are held in Washington to bring together key
elected officials and the recreation community. The Exchanges encourage the exchange of ideas
among the nation's recreation community and improve understanding among participants.
RECREATION FORUM - Top executives of recreation corporations and associations convene once
a year to analyze key trends and issues and to discuss shared concerns and goals. The Recreation
Forum provides a unique opportunity for diverse interests to discuss the issues, proposals and
programs that will influence the future of recreation in America.
PUBLIC INFORMATION/MEDIA LIAISON - ARC serves as a national clearinghouse for general
circulation and recreation news media, providing reporters and editors with background statistical
information, directing them to experts, answering queries and developing feature projects and articles.
FIELD TRIPS - To provide policy-makers and their staffs with a better understanding of recreation
as a matter of national importance, ARC sponsors field trips to highlight changes in recreation
technology and participation trends.
TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA - ARC is an active supporter of the Take Pride in America
campaign, working to disseminate information on the importance of stewardship of our public lands,
and sponsoring a national awards ceremony reception.
Suite
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1331 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 662-7420
Fax: (202) 662-7424
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SUSTAINING MEMBERS: Aegis Group
America Outdoors
American Fishing Tackle
Manufacturers Association
American Motorcyclist Association
The Coleman Company, Inc.
Conference of National Park Concessioners
Dometic Sales Corporation
Family Motor Coach
Association
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
Good Sam Club
Hehr International Inc.
International
Snowmobile Industry Association
Jayco Inc.
Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
National Association
of Canoe Liveries and Outfitters
National Campers and Hikers Association
National Campground
Owners Association
National Forest Recreation Association
National Marine Manufacturers
Association
Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association
Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
Shurflo
Specialty Vehicle Institute of America
Walt Disney Company
Winnebago Industries.
ASSOCIATE AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS: American Bus Association
American Petroleum
Institute
American Resort and Residential Development Association
American Sunbathing
Association
American Youth Hostels, Inc.
Camp Coast to Coast
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Coachmen Industries, Inc.
Exxon Company USA
Huffy Corporation
National Club Association
National Employee Services and Recreation Association
National Rifle Association
National Spa
and Pool Institute
National Tour Association
Pennsylvania Recreation Vehicle and Camping
Association
Warehouse Distributors Association.
GENERAL MEMBERS: Academy of Model Aeronautics
American All-Terrain Vehicle Association
American Association for Leisure and Recreation
American Camping Association
American
Forestry Association
American Horse Council
American Hotel and Motel Association
American
Power Boat Association
American Recreational Equipment Association
American Suzuki Motor
Corporation
American Water Ski Association
Backpacker Magazine
Bicycle Institute of America
Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America
Boat Owners Association of The United States
Boating Trades Association of Texas
Boating Trades Association of Metropolitan Houston
Champion
Fleet Owners Association
Colorado Campground Association
Experimental Aircraft Association
Florida RV Trade Association
Forest Education Foundation
Happy Trails Resorts
International
Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
International Family Recreation Association
International Kart Federation
International Snowmobile Council
Kampground Owners Association
Leisure Systems, Inc.
Marine Retailers Association of America
Maryland Association of
Recreational Vehicles and Campgrounds
Motorcycle Industry Council
Mountain Outdoor Recreation
Alliance of Western North Carolina
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National
Boating Federation
National Hot Rod Association
National Motorsports Committee
National Off-
Road Bicycle Association
National Outdoor Coalition
National Sporting Goods Association
National Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
The Naturist Society
North American Family
Campers Association
Northern California Marine Association
Outdoor Resorts of America, Inc.
Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council
Resort and Commercial Recreation Association
Seaway Trail,
Inc.
Southern California Loners on Wheels
Southern California Marine Association
Southern RV
Special Recreation, Inc.
Specialty Equipment Market Association
Sporting Goods Business
Magazine
States Organization for Boating Access
Texas Recreational Vehicle Association
United
Bus Owners of America, Inc.
United Four Wheel Drive Association
United Mobile Sportfishermen,
Inc.
United States of America Field Hockey
U.S. Recreational Ski Association
Wally Byam
Caravan Club International
Yamaha Motor Corporation
YWCA of The United States of America.
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Dedicated to the protection and enhancement of every citizen's
right to pursue health and happiness through leisure-time activities.
May 11, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO:
David Demarest
FROM:
Derrick Crandall
SUBJECT: May 14 Event: Linkages to Urban Concerns
On May 14, President Bush is scheduled to appear at an event in Anacostia Park sponsored by
the American Recreation Coalition and the Recreation Roundtable. The event offers several
themes directly relevant to the Administration's actions post-Los Angeles and relating to the
needs of America's cities.
1) Recreation is a universal language, cutting across ethnic, racial, economic and
geographic borders.
2) If people - and especially kids - don't have places to play, their idle time and
energies are often turned to non-constructive activities. These activities can be
relatively benign like hours before the television - or far worse, including illegal
activities.
3) Solutions to our cities' problems depend upon more personal contacts between
those in the inner cities and "mainstream" America. We need to encourage
volunteerism in inner city schools. We need to help inner city youths come to know the
great outdoors which is part of their legacy, too.
4) Community Identity and pride is the building block of national Identity and
pride. Most of us value and safeguard the things we own and care about. The actions
in Los Angeles reflect a lack of perceived ownership - and a community which doesn't
inspire much pride. In contrast, Harlem is emerging as a tourism destination.
I'd also like to share a paragraph that explains the activities of our group a bit more:
The Take Pride in America work projects of the American Recreation Coalition weren't
conducted in spectacular and distant sites like Yellowstone National Park and the Grand
Canyon for a reason. Urban sites like Anacostia, Fort Dupont and Rock Creek parks are
part of our outdoor legacy, too, and are used intensively by many who will rarely if
ever - visit some of our best known national parks. They are vital to us in many ways.
In fact, the projects selected for work today demonstrate three very differens roles. Here
at Anacostia Park, tens of thousands of people use the park's basketball and tennis
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courts, its ballfields and swimming pool, its playground and its river banks, its skaring
pavilion and its boat ramps. In Fort Dupont, volunteers helped prepare a stage for this
summer's popular performances of jazz and other performing arts. And in Rock Creek
Park, volunteers cleared debris from the stream and began the process of clearing fallen
trees which were causing severe bank erosion in a part of the park which offers
opportunities for hiking and horse-riding in a very natural setting.
Finally, let me share a few quotes which are contained in the report of the President's
Commission on Americans Outdoors (1987), in which then-Vice President Bush took substantial
interest:
From the PCAO report text:
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People in central cities have a harder time experiencing the outdoors."
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Americans place a high value on the outdoors; it is central to the quality of our lives
and the quality of our communities."
Arthur Holland, Mayor of Trenton, NJ (quoted in the report):
We moved 21 years ago into a neighborhood which was considered very run down. As
you had the beginning of gentrification, resentful stones would be thrown. We built a
small park a basketball court, some benches, a place where you could at least throw
some balls around. The stone throwing stopped. That's why I'm convinced, firsthand,
that there's a direct relationship: you don't throw stones when you've got balls to throw
around.
Charles Jordan, PCAO commissioner and Director, Portland, Oregon, Parks and Recreation and
a prominent African-American (quoted in the report):
When the police chief asks for more officers, we must remind the decisionmakers that
recreation is more than fun and games. On a daily basis, we engage thousands of young
people in constructive and positive activities. Were it not for the opportunities we
provide, those idle hands and energetic bodies may well turn to less constructive and less
positive activities. It is cheaper to recreate than to incarceratel
When the Human Relations commission makes its report on the state of race relations,
we must remind them that we break racial barriers every day. We provide opportunities
for people of different races and ethnic backgrounds to taste victory, only after they set
aside those artificial barriers of color and status and work together as a unit, each
contributing some unique and necessary talent. If they can do it on the courts and on
the playing fields, just maybe they can do it in society.
John Gardner (quoted in the report):
The task of the moment is to recreate a highly motivated society. If we fail in that, forget
the rest.
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Willard Brown (quoted in the report):
The parks and recreation community is providing people with opportunities for
fulfillment, for challenge and for the identity that they're no longer finding in their work.
In doing that, we're making a very real contribution to resolving the most significant
issue this country does face, the "re-creation" of a highly motivated society.
Needless to say, I'd welcome the chance to discuss these concepts with you, as well as the
conversations underway (and in which Bob Grady is a key player) regarding a new program to
assist recreation and conservation initiatives in America's urban areas.
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MY HOME # IS 703-847-4718.
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PRE-ADVANCE/WALK-THRU QUESTIONNAIRE
EVENT: American Recreation Coalition (ARC)
DATE:
May 14
TIME: 1:00
LOCATION:
(GIVE DETAILS)
Anacostia Park
EXPECTED AUDIENCE:
(NUMBER AND COMPOSITION)
300 volunteers, members of ARC
d kids from area schools
PRESS COVERAGE:
Open
DIAS PARTICIPANTS:
Derrick Crandull, ARC pus
EXPECTED CABINET/CONGRESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATION: PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF Mike Hayden, Ass See
for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
POTUS INTRODUCTION:
Crandall
PERTINENT SPEECH TOPICS:
Commitment to public lands
REASON FOR EVENT:
Communities Volunteerism coming together
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
RECREATION EVENT
ANACOSTIA, MARYLAND
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- a very fine president of
ARC and a pretty good fishing buddy. I salute all that you do
for the public lands across this country. [Other
acknowledgements]
((Derrick only let me look at the water today. I guess he's
afraid if I get too close, I'll want to join in the fishing and
not quit. // I know there's a lot of people out there who say I
don't catch many fish. That's cause I'm too busy looking for
that one that got away // I'll find it one day, too.) )
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. And I hope
you children get a chance to fish as I have -- although I hope
you have better luck., // The one that got away.
Many of you here were with Barbara and I when we visited
some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping sites, and
hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as Rogue River in
Washington state, Mount Rushmore, and Glacier National Park.
Some of you were even with me when I took my grandson, George P.
to the Grand Tetons.
Memories of the outdoors can stay with you all your life,
and I'll never forget when George P. first caught site of those
majestic mountains. His eyes widened and a smile reached across
his face from ear to ear. Whenever I think of George P. and that
special moment -- I find the same smile comes across my face.
Moments like these are what reminds us that our kids will truly
inherit the Earth and we must see that those smiles continue to
show up in future generations.
Like Grand Teton National Park, we have many other beautiful
National Parks all over this country. But we also must remember
that the great outdoors is also right here -- at this terrific
park here in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. 1 out of 3
acres of this great country is federally managed public land and
each of you here today is a co-owner. And that's why, as a co-
owner we all need to help preserve our great public lands. And
such special effort can start right close to where you live --
right here in Anacostia Park.
That's why public-private partnerships are so important.
Practically every day, people trod upon the river dock just
behind me -- one funded by the Wallop-Braux Trust Fund -- a
program created in 1984 to bring together the efforts of both the
fishing and boating industries. This year, we're providing more
than $300 million dollars for this fund, which will go to aid
fishing, boating and other aquatic improvements.
And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to identify, designate and improve some of our nations
most traveled highways. Not just the long highways that reach
across this country, but roads that wind through the hearts of
our cities -- ribbons of green -- the "Roads America Loves."
Here in Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program beautifies roads
like the George Washington and Rock Creek Parkways. We
recommened this program to Congress last year and saw it
incorporated as part of the new highway bill.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
And right now, one of our public land initiatives is
receiving favorable attention in the Congress -- the America the
Beautiful Passport.
As we enter summertime, a child's favorite time of year -- a
great day for kids is running to the local park, tumbling on a
playground, shooting baskets on the court, swinging from the
trees. But it's not just a kid's life. The great outdoors is
the perfect playground for the family, this country's greatest
natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for communities to come
together. We all saw what happened in Los Angeles a couple of
weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart and turning on
itself in despair. But already the communities within South
Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding, renewing -- leaving
the war zones behind to embrace the heart of what makes LA such a
special place. That's the America we want to leave to our
children -- to these little faces here today.
And that's why it is so very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this at work right here today at this beautiful park.
People coming together to clean the river, plant trees, pick up
litter -- people coming together because they take pride in their
community and they take pride in America.
All across this country, families -- whole communites -- are
joining together to take care of their public lands. More than a
decade ago, volunteers from the town of Greers Ferry, Arkansas -
- 8,000 of them -- took to their local lake to take back what had
been a favorite recreation spot, but had become a dumping ground,
littered and neglected. Every year these thousands of volunteers
got together to clean up the lake -- but as time went on -- the
litter became less and less. Now, in these past couple of years,
they get together to for one big party and celebrate their now
beautiful lake.
There are whole towns like Page, Arizona -- picking up 140
tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever; and Hope, New
Mexico -- rehabing an abandoned building into a new community
center.
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- transforming once defaced property with bad
words into murals with good messages; and Toledo's Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation -- preserving and beautifying their
neighborhoods through litter pickups, while enhancing the
environment with plants and flowers donated by local nurseries.
Whole communities / whole towns / whole neighborhoods --
coming together with the spirit and sense of pride that has made
America whole -- and good.
Thank you very much for inviting me to share in this day.
((I'd better go now. I hear the fish are biting -- up on Capitol
Hill.//))
Have a great summer and may God bless the United States of
America.
#
#
#
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May 12, 1992
Draft One
REC
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION EVENT
ANACOSTIA PARK, MARYLAND
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1992 1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Derrick [Crandall] -- I salute you and all the
volunteers of the American Recreation Coalition here today for
the good work you do for public lands across this country.
[OTHER ACKS]
((Derrick only let me look at the water today. I guess he's
afraid if I get too close, I'll want to join in the fishing and
never quit. // I know there's a lot of people out there who say
I don't catch many fish. That's cause I'm too busy looking for
that one that got away. //))
70 million Americans enjoy fishing every year. I saw some
of you kids out at the river enjoying it when I drove up. And I
saw some of you learning to tie knots and cast as part of the
wonderful "Pathway to Fishing" program. (Remember, it's not how
good you fish that counts, it's how good you tell fish
stories.//))
Many of you from ARC were with Barbara and I when we visited
some of this country's greatest fishing holes, camping sites, and
hiking trails -- wonderful public parkland such as Mount
Rushmore, Glacier National Park and Rogue River in Washington
state. Some of you were even with me when I took my grandson,
George P. to the Grand Tetons.
2
Memories of the outdoors can stay with you all your life,
and I'll never forget when George P. first caught site of those
majestic mountains. His eyes widened and a smile reached across
his face from ear to ear. Whenever I think of George P. and that
special moment -- I find the same smile comes across my own face.
Moments like these are what reminds us that our kids will truly
inherit the Earth and we must see that those same smiles continue
to show up in future generations.
Like Grand Teton National Park, we have many other beautiful
public parklands across this country. But we also must remember
that the great outdoors isn't miles away and unreachable. It's
here -- at this terrific park in Anacostia.
Whether you're from right here in DC or from Spirit Lake,
Iowa -- the great outdoors is yours for the asking. One out of 3
acres of this great country is federally managed public land and
each of you here today is a co-owner. And that's why, as a co-
owner we all need to help preserve our great parklands.
That's why public-private partnerships are so important.
They help us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit
and fish on the river dock just behind me -- one funded by the
Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund -- a program created in 1984 to bring
together the efforts of both the fishing and boating industries.
I was proud to have a role in its creation and even more proud
that this year, we're providing more than $300 million dollars
for this fund, which will go to aid fishing, boating and other
aquatic improvements.
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And then there's our Scenic By-Ways program -- a six-year
effort to identify, designate and improve some of our nations
most traveled highways. Not just the long highways that reach
across this country, but roads that wind through the hearts of
our cities -- we call them, ribbons of green -- the "Roads
America Loves." Here in Washington: our Scenic By-Ways program
beautifies roads like the George Washington and Rock Creek
Parkways.
And there are programs like the one this banner above me
celebrates: Take Pride in America. A program that generates
tens of millions of volunteer hours each year from communities
all across America -- people coming together to preserve the
parks and public lands within their communities -- picking up
litter, planting trees, building playgrounds.
Right now, one of our public land initiatives is receiving
favorable attention in the Congress -- the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces the old wallet card access system with a
multi-page passport containing maps, addresses and phone numbers
for further information, a motor vehicle decal and more. The
best part: sales proceeds of these passports -- expected to
increase by $50 million -- will go to fund other recreation and
wildlife projects.
As we enter summertime, no doubt a favorite time of year for
you kids -- we'll see these kids enjoying the benefits of this
clean-up project today. We'll see them running off to this park:
tumbling on the new playground, casting out their fishing lines
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the way Tom or John taught them ((hopefully, not my way//)), and
shooting baskets on the court -- releasing the ball just the way
Purvis told them to do. But it's not just a kid's life. The
great outdoors is the perfect playground for the entire family,
this country's greatest natural resource.
This summer can also be a time for lots of families -- whole
communities -- to come together. We all saw what happened in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago -- a community divided, torn apart
and turning on itself in despair. But already the communities
within South Central LA are coming together -- rebuilding,
renewing -- leaving the war zones behind to embrace the heart of
what makes LA such a special place.
And that's why it is so very important that we all come
together -- rebuild the hearts of our nation's cities / renew the
spirit of our nation's communities.
We see this sense of renewal at work right here today at
this beautiful park. People coming together to clean the river,
plant trees, pick up litter -- people coming together because
they take pride in their community and they take pride in
America.
All across this country, people are joining together to take
care of their public lands:
There are whole communities -- like Greers Ferry, Arkansas -
- 8,000 volunteers, who starting coming together more than a
decade ago to clean up their local lake, once a favorite
recreation spot, before dumping and littering took over. Now,
5
there's almost no more litter to pick up -- so they get together
for one big party -- to celebrate what is now a beautiful lake.
There are whole towns -- like Page, Arizona -- picking up
140 tons of debris -- one of the largest cleanups ever; and Hope,
New Mexico -- rehabing an abandoned building into a new community
center.
There are whole neighborhoods -- like Philadelphia's Anti-
Graffiti Network -- transforming once defaced property with bad
words into murals with good messages; and Toledo's Neighborhood
Improvement Foundation -- preserving and beautifying their
neighborhoods through litter pickups, while enhancing the
environment with plants and flowers donated by local nurseries.
Whole communities / whole towns / whole neighborhoods --
coming together with the spirit and sense of pride that has made
America itself whole -- and good.
Thank you for all the good work you've accomplished here
today.
((I'd better go now. I hear the fish are biting -- the
really big ones that swim around on Capitol Hill.//))
Thank you all and may God bless the United States of
America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 14, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO "TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA" VOLUNTEERS
Anacostia Park
Washington, D.C.
1:22 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Let me first salute Derrick Crandall,
who had a lot to do with this event and who does so much for the
great outdoors, not just here but all across -- whoops, look at this
gigantic thing -- (laughter) -- all across the country. But I really
wanted to thank the volunteers from the Recreation Coalition, members
of the Recreation Roundtable, for the good work you do for public
lands all across our wonderful country.
And I was pleased earlier to see the former Governor,
Mike Hayden, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks; my old
friend, John Turner, son of Wyoming here, for Director of Fish and
Wildlife Service; Jim Ridenour, the Director of the National Park
Service; and Bob Stanton, who's the Parks Director of the National
Capital Region; and then all the other parks and officials here with
us today. A very special greeting to Pervis -- where did he go? You
can't miss him. But there he is way back there -- who does so much
with the Bullets, but does so much to help the kids. And a special
hello to all of you.
Let me just tell some of you kids that 70 million
Americans enjoy fishing every year. And I understand that some of
you were out on the river -- I hope you were -- trying out this
sport. of course, I didn't show up too well on the casting, but
that's an important part of it and a fun part of it out there. But
we have this Pathway to Fishing program that I think is a very good
one.
Many of you from the Recreation Coalition were with
Barbara and me when we visited some of this country's greatest
fishing holes, camping sites and hiking trails as well. We were out
at Mt. Rushmore, Glacier National Park, the Grand Tetons. And I hope
every kid here gets a chance one day to see some of those great spots
in the west.
We have many other beautiful parklands across the
country. But we've got to remember that the great outdoors -- and
one of the things that's symbolic about this event is that the great
outdoors isn't miles away and unreachable, it's close to home. And
here we are in this great park right here in Anacostia.
And so whether you're from right here in D.C. or from
Spirit Lake, Iowa, the great outdoors is yours for the asking. And
each of you is a co-owner. And as co-owners you've got to preserve
our great parklands -- keep them clean.
Since the beginning of our administration, we've added
over $1 billion to help our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges
and other public lands. And in this effort to preserve our
ronment, public-private partnerships are so important. And they
us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit and fish
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- 2 -
on the river dock just behind me, one funded by what Derrick talked
about -- that Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund, a program that was started in
1984 to bring together the efforts of both the fishing and the
boating industries.
And I think he was quite generous about that, but I did
have a small role in its creation. And am prouder still that this
year we're providing more than $240 million for this fund to aid the
fishing and boating improvements. Last year we had a fight --
Congress, I think, wanted to cut the Wallop-Breaux in the
appropriations process. But we just can't let that happen.
Then there's our Scenic Byways program, a six-year
effort to improve some of our nations most traveled highways, not
just the highways that go you've got all across the country, but
roads that wind through the hearts of our cities. And we call them
ribbons of green, the "roads America loves."
And here in Washington, our Scenic Byways program
beautifies roads like the George Washington Parkway and Rock Creek
Parkway. We're also helping to support the creation of "Greenways,"
those combinations of bicycles and hiking paths that are springing up
throughout our cities and countrysides. And then there are programs
like the one that this banner celebrates: "Take Pride in America," a
program that generates tens of millions of volunteer hours each year
from communities all across the country. People coming together to
preserve the parks and public lands within their communities, picking
up litter, planting trees and building playgrounds for these kids.
And right now one of our public land initiatives is
receiving favorable attention in Congress, the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces that old wallet card style with a passport
that would include such things as park information, helpful phone
numbers, motor decal and many, many more things. And the best part,
sales proceeds could generate up to $30 million in additional revenue
which would then go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
So as we enter summertime, and I know the kids here are
counting the days until school gets out, we'll see them enjoy -- see
more kids enjoy the benefits of this cleanup project today. And
we'll see them running off to this park, playing around on the new
playground, casting the fishing lines the way John and Tom and other
fishing experts taught them, and shooting a few hoops the way Pervis
told them to do, and learning from him and learning from the
volunteers how important it is for one citizen to help another.
It's not just a kid's life, though, I'm talking about.
The outdoors is a perfect playground for the entire family and this
country's greatest natural resource. This summer can also be a time
for lots of families, for whole communities to come together.
We all saw what happened out there in Los Angeles a
couple of weeks ago, a community that was divided and torn apart and
then turning on itself in despair. And already the communities
within that South Central L.A. are coming together, they're
rebuilding, they're renewing. They're leaving the war zones behind
to embrace the heart of what makes Los Angeles such a special place.
And beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take
action to bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles. And I don't
want to go into a lot of detail here, but I met with the leaders of
both sides of the aisle. We're trying to get nonpartisan or
bipartisan approaches to solve the problems. We've put out a six-
point program that included a weed and seed -- weed out the drugs,
seed the neighborhoods with hope; our homeownership initiative;
enterpriseuzones that bring businesses into these communities that
arerhandnhitputhese cities; education reform; welfare reform; and
then a strong jobs program. These six points, we're going to keep
MORE
- 3 -
pressing for them, and I think they'll bring immediate relief to some
of our cities. And I think it's a wonderful thing, if we're
successful in them, to what it can mean for the lives of some of the
kids right here today.
So, we've got to come together. We've got to rebuild
the hearts of our nation's cities, and we've got to renew that spirit
of community. So I am just delighted to be here; very appreciative,
once again, of the volunteers, those who live by that feeling one
American must help another, hold out the helping hand to another.
And the volunteers do it, and the result of that is cleaner and
better parks, more and more hope and opportunity for the young
people.
So thank you very, very much for what you're doing.
It's a pleasure to be out here. And I have only one regret, and that
is that I can't stay out here all afternoon to do a little better in
the fishing-casting tournament out there and to get to see you kids
enjoy this lovely park.
Thank you all very much for being with us. And, again,
my thanks to all the volunteers. (Applause.)
END
1:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 14, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO "TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA" VOLUNTEERS
Anacostia Park
Washington, D.C.
1:22 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Let me first salute Derrick Crandall,
who had a lot to do with this event and who does so much for the
great outdoors, not just here but all across -- whoops, look at this
gigantic thing -- (laughter) -- all across the country. But I really
wanted to thank the volunteers from the Recreation Coalition, members
of the Recreation Roundtable, for the good work you do for public
lands all across our wonderful country.
And I was pleased earlier to see the former Governor,
Mike Hayden, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks; my old
friend, John Turner, son of Wyoming here, for Director of Fish and
Wildlife Service; Jim Ridenour, the Director of the National Park
Service; and Bob Stanton, who's the Parks Director of the National
Capital Region; and then all the other parks and officials here with
us today. A very special greeting to Pervis -- where did he go? You
can't miss him. But there he is way back there -- who does so much
with the Bullets, but does so much to help the kids. And a special
hello to all of you.
Let me just tell some of you kids that 70 million
Americans enjoy fishing every year. And I understand that some of
you were out on the river -- I hope you were -- trying out this
sport. of course, I didn't show up too well on the casting, but
that's an important part of it and a fun part of it out there. But
we have this Pathway to Fishing program that I think is a very good
one.
Many of you from the Recreation Coalition were with
Barbara and me when we visited some of this country's greatest
fishing holes, camping sites and hiking trails as well. We were out
at Mt. Rushmore, Glacier National Park, the Grand Tetons. And I hope
every kid here gets a chance one day to see some of those great spots
in the west.
We have many other beautiful parklands across the
country. But we've got to remember that the great outdoors -- and
one of the things that's symbolic about this event is that the great
outdoors isn't miles away and unreachable, it's close to home. And
here we are in this great park right here in Anacostia.
And so whether you're from right here in D.C. or from
Spirit Lake, Iowa, the great outdoors is yours for the asking. And
each of you is a co-owner. And as co-owners you've got to preserve
our great parklands -- keep them clean.
Since the beginning of our administration, we've added
over $1 billion to help our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges
and other public lands. And in this effort to preserve our
environment, public-private partnerships are so important. And they
help us all do our part. Practically every day, people sit and fish
MORE
- 2 -
on the river dock just behind me, one funded by what Derrick talked
about that Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund, a program that was started in
1984 to bring together the efforts of both the fishing and the
boating industries.
And I think he was quite generous about that, but I did
have a small role in its creation. And am prouder still that this
year we're providing more than $240 million for this fund to aid the
fishing and boating improvements. Last year we had a fight --
Congress, I think, wanted to cut the Wallop-Breaux in the
appropriations process. But we just can't let that happen.
Then there's our Scenic Byways program, a six-year
effort to improve some of our nations most traveled highways, not
just the highways that go you've got all across the country, but
roads that wind through the hearts of our cities. And we call them
ribbons of green, the "roads America loves."
And here in Washington, our Scenic Byways program
beautifies roads like the George Washington Parkway and Rock Creek
Parkway. We're also helping to support the creation of "Greenways,"
those combinations of bicycles and hiking paths that are springing up
throughout our cities and countrysides. And then there are programs
like the one that this banner celebrates: "Take Pride in America,' a
program that generates tens of millions of volunteer hours each year
from communities all across the country. People coming together to
preserve the parks and public lands within their communities, picking
up litter, planting trees and building playgrounds for these kids.
And right now one of our public land initiatives is
receiving favorable attention in Congress, the America the Beautiful
Passport. This replaces that old wallet card style with a passport
that would include such things as park information, helpful phone
numbers, motor decal and many, many more things. And the best part,
sales proceeds could generate up to $30 million in additional revenue
which would then go to fund other recreation and wildlife projects.
So as we enter summertime, and I know the kids here are
counting the days until school gets out, we'll see them enjoy -- see
more kids enjoy the benefits of this cleanup project today. And
we'll see them running off to this park, playing around on the new
playground, casting the fishing lines the way John and Tom and other
fishing experts taught them, and shooting a few hoops the way Pervis
told them to do, and learning from him and learning from the
volunteers how important it is for one citizen to help another.
It's not just a kid's life, though, I'm talking about.
The outdoors is a perfect playground for the entire family and this
country's greatest natural resource. This summer can also be a time
for lots of families, for whole communities to come together.
We all saw what happened out there in Los Angeles a
couple of weeks ago, a community that was divided and torn apart and
then turning on itself in despair. And already the communities
within that South Central L.A. are coming together, they're
rebuilding, they're renewing. They're leaving the war zones behind
to embrace the heart of what makes Los Angeles such a special place.
And beyond our urgent emergency aid, we've got to take
action to bring hope and opportunity to Los Angeles. And I don't
want to go into a lot of detail here, but I met with the leaders of
both sides of the aisle. We're trying to get nonpartisan or
bipartisan approaches to solve the problems. We've put out a six-
point program that included a weed and seed -- weed out the drugs,
seed the neighborhoods with hope; our homeownership initiative;
enterprise zones that bring businesses into these communities that
are hard hit, these cities; education reform; welfare reform; and
than a strong jobs program. These six points, we're going to keep
MORE
- 3 -
pressing for them, and I think they'll bring immediate relief to some
of our cities. And I think it's a wonderful thing, if we're
successful in them, to what it can mean for the lives of some of the
kids right here today.
So, we've got to come together. We've got to rebuild
the hearts of our nation's cities, and we've got to renew that spirit
of community. So I am just delighted to be here; very appreciative,
once again, of the volunteers, those who live by that feeling one
American must help another, hold out the helping hand to another.
And the volunteers do it, and the result of that is cleaner and
better parks, more and more hope and opportunity for the young
people.
So thank you very, very much for what you're doing.
It's a pleasure to be out here. And I have only one regret, and that
is that I can't stay out here all afternoon to do a little better in
the fishing-casting tournament out there and to get to see you kids
enjoy this lovely park.
Thank you all very much for being with us. And, again,
my thanks to all the volunteers. (Applause.)
END
1:30 P.M. EDT
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