Connecticut Republican Rep. Chris Shays in a recent interview with the Heartland Institute's Environment News regarding his bill, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (H.R. 488): "I'm trying to create as much public land as possible. I would love it if 60 percent of Connecticut were owned by the government or in wilderness." Environment News' account continues: "Shays conceded that converting his own state to government-owned, off-limits-to-man wilderness will be difficult, as virtually none of Connecticut is currently federally owned. It will take some time, he said, to 'reclaim' what is now privately owned land in Eastern and Midwestern states. ...