"I think the Trumpeter Swan is a symbol of what man needs, as well as what the swan needs.  What the swan needs is the symbol of what we need – a whole planet, a healthy planet. 

But, I think also that the concern for the swan as evidenced in this Society is a symbol of an awakening in the consciousness of people, of concern for our world – a world inherited, used, abused, nearly lost; a complete world, moving, breathing, burgeoning with life – fish, fowl, flowers, animals, and man.  There is the word altruism, and I think it could be applied to the formation of this Society. 

And, I think The Trumpeter Swan Society itself is a symbol of a more altruistic concern for all life, because keeping the Trumpeter Swan healthy means keeping that complete world, the habitat."

     ~ Margaret "Mardy" Murie, wilderness advocate, preservationist, matriarch of the conservation movement. In her decades of conservation activism, Mardy Murie advocated for the Wilderness Act, testified before Congress on protecting Alaska wild lands and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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