The following recording is a speech and Q+A session conducted on May 31, 1977 by Arizona Representative Morris “Mo” King Udall to a group at Western Carolina University. Udall represented Arizona’s 2nd Congressional district. He was a Democratic politician who served in the House of Representatives for thirty years, from 1961-1991 until he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and was forced to step down due to complications. Throughout his tenure, Udall was a vocal advocate for environmental conservation and consensus building. This speech was the capstone of a bus trip taken by congressman Udall and other local politicians to promote recreation and to discuss federal expenditures for Parkway upkeep and to purchase land for an extension of the Parkway into Georgia. Also in attendance on the bus tour were Joe Brown, superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Jeff Muskrat, superintendent of the Cherokee Indian Agency, George Olsen, supervisor of the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina, and Boyd Evison, superintendent of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.