61.   For decades, Rutherford has helped acquire private land for public parks in Illinois.

62.   For recreation, including hunting and fishing, everyone has a right to get access to virtually any waterway that flows through private land.

63.   For these reasons, protecting wildlife without regulating use of private land has been compared by biologists to playing the piano with just the black keys.

64.   Fueling opposition is fear that ski area expansions are triggering runaway real-estate development on adjacent private land.

65.   Gargano pledged state help with transportation and other infrastructure improvements, as well as aid in acquiring private land.

66.   He added that because Monte was found on private land, the land owners would receive the money.

67.   He also plans to build condominiums on the newly private land after the Olympics are over.

68.   He also believed that despite the establishment of protected public lands, the outcome of the conservation struggle would be determined mostly on private land.

69.   He scoffs at industry speculation that the current backlash against wildlife protection will chase regulators off private land.

70.   He voted with the liberals in favor of federal protections for wildlife habitats on private land.