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Article: AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN FORESTRY: BROADENING CIRCLE OF CONSERVATION
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 22, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service has issued the text of the following speech:
It's an honor and a privilege for me to be with you today. I commend you for being here at this meeting to take a hard look at the role of African-Americans in the Forest Service. I'd particularly like to commend the line officers for getting together on their own as a group. I think it shows how far we've come, and I'll come back to that point in a moment.
Personal PerspectiveWhat I'd like to do now is to stand back a bit and give you my own personal take on the role of African-Americans in natural resources, how it's changed over the years, and what the future might hold. I think my ...