Author Archive for: Scott Cameron

Defeating the Invasive Hordes

Scott Cameron, June 30, 2015, Species Protection, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, invasive species, RRISC, sea lamprey, 0

Optimism is usually not a word associated with invasive species management. Too often, observers of invasive species challenges view...

When is a Sportfish an Invasive Species?

Scott Cameron, March 10, 2015, Species Protection, Delta smelt, endangered species, ESA, game fish, invasive species, San Francisco Bay Delta, striped bass, 0

– When it eats an endangered species. The striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is a prized gamefish native to...

Happy NISAW

Scott Cameron, February 24, 2015, Species Protection, Cheatgrass, invasive species, national invasive species awareness week, zebra mussels, 0

This week is the annual observance of National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW). Around the country it is being...

Make Conservation, not Litigation

Scott Cameron, August 23, 2014, Energy and Resource Extraction, ESA listing, litigation, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, oil and gas exploration, Sage Grouse, Senator Chic Hecht, Sierra Club, WEA, Western Energy Alliance, 0

When I was in my teen years in the late 1960s, college age Vietnam War protesters were featured nightly...

The Weed That is Whipping the West

Scott Cameron, June 25, 2014, Species Protection, Cheatgrass, endangered, ESA, FWS, invasive species, Sage Grouse, Sage Grouse Listing, 0

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is poised to list a bird called the greater sage grouse under...

This land is my land, this land is Uncle Sam’s land

Scott Cameron, May 6, 2014, The Environment and Politics, BLM, Cliven Bundy, Forest Service, land management, Nevada, public land, Sagebrush Rebellion, Uncle Sam, western states, 0

The Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s is undergoing a renaissance in the American West. The unfortunate personification of that...

New Non-profit Focuses on Invasive Species Solutions

Scott Cameron, April 1, 2014, Species Protection, economy, Endangered Species Act, environment, invasive species, Reduce Risks from Invasive Species Coalition, Scott Cameron, 0

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and Washington’s unseasonably cold winter of 2014 notwithstanding, a new organization promoting non-regulatory...

Teddy Roosevelt’s Spirit Alive in Cambodia

Scott Cameron, January 20, 2014, Featured Article, Species Protection, Cambodia, coalitions, conservation, ecotourism, endangered species, poaching, rainforest, sustainable forestry, Suwanna Gauntlett, Teddy Roosevelt, Wildlife Alliance, 0

Theodore Roosevelt is appropriately credited as being the driving force at the start of the American conservation movement. Both...

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) Really Isn’t

Scott Cameron, December 9, 2013, Species Protection, Alabama cave shrimp, bioconservation, biodiversity, biomass, Columbia River Basin, Constitution, endangered and threatened species, ESA, funding, megafauna, plants, salmon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wildlife, 1

The ESA is without a doubt the most powerful federal environmental statute. I know from personal experience as a...

Invasive vs. Endangered Species: US Biodiversity and Economy at Risk

Scott Cameron, November 27, 2013, Species Protection, asian carp, Burmese pythons, David Pimentel, Dawson and Associates, Dirk Kempthorne, Economist, endangered and threatened species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, escaped invasives, Scott J. Cameron, T&E species, zebra mussels, 0

According to the Economist (September 14th, 2013 issue), invasive species, plants and animals of exotic origin that invade and...

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Renowned ecologist, Dr. Daniel Botkin, is Professor (Emeritus), Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara, and President of The Center for The Study of The Environment, which provides independent, science-based analyses of complex environmental issues. Botkin has over 45 years of experience, ranging from the conservation of African Elephants to environmental modeling, and is the author of 14 books.
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Scott J. Cameron

Cameron is a renowned expert in endangered species, fisheries, wetlands, and management improvement. Scott is the Founder and President of Reduce Risks from Invasive Species Coalition, and among other distinguished positions, has served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Interior, Director of Conservation Policy of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Office of Management and Budget, and advisor to California Governor, Pete Wilson.
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Alex Echols

Echols, a tenth generation Virginian farmer, has been one of the most influential voices and leaders in shaping the Farm Bill conservation programs. He currently serves as the Program Director of Special Projects for The Sand County Foundation and Director of Conservation Programs for the Philanthropy Roundtable.
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Brent Fewell

Fewell, a former environmental scientist and senior U.S. EPA official, is an environmental attorney and Founder of Earth & Water Group and a frequent lecturer on 21st century environmental leadership and innovation.
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Marianne Horinko

Horinko, President of The Horinko Group, has served in numerous prestigious roles, including acting EPA Administrator and head of EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response during the cleanup following September 11 and the U.S Capitol anthrax attacks. Horinko is internationally recognized in her policy expertise and played a major role in shaping the successful U.S. brownfields program.
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Laura Huggins

Huggins is the Manager of Economic Initiatives for the American Prairie Reserve, as well as a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Huggins, an author of several books, focuses her efforts on the role of economics in shaping natural resource policy and in promoting market principles to resolve environmental dilemmas.
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Mike Linder

Having served for the last 14 years as the Director of Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality, Mike Linder has a unique state perspective on the front line of environmental protection. An accomplished environmental lawyer and partner at Koley Jesson, Mike also served as NDEQ’s General Counsel for nearly a decade.
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Brendan McGinnis

McGinnis, managing partner of The Horinko Group, is a recognized thought leader on water resource management, including domestic and international water quality/quantity and infrastructure matters. He is a founding member of the Water Resources Action Project, a non-profit dedicated to improving public health in the Middle East.
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Tracy Mehan

Mehan, a prolific writer and prominent environmental thought leader, is the former head of U.S. EPA's Water Office. He currently serves as the Executive Director of Government Affairs, American Water Works Association, and serves as an adjunct professor at George Mason University and serves on various boards, including the Potomac Conservancy and Great Lakes Observing System.
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Rick Otis

Otis is a nationally recognized expert on environmental policy, with a unique understanding of tools and information technology used to drive performance, and, most recently, focused on leveraging these tools to address environmental challenges facing China. Otis served as a staffer in the House of Representatives and the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and held senior positions in EPA and the private sector.
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Jim Presswood

Presswood is the executive director of Earth Stewardship Alliance, whose mission is to promote good stewardship of the world's animals and environment in a manner grounded in conservative principles. Presswood has spent most of his career working for national and regional environmental advocacy groups with a focus on energy and air pollution policies.
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Reed Watson

Watson, one of the nation’s leading voices on free-market environmentalism, serves as the Executive Director of the Property and Environmental Research Center, located in Bozeman Montana. He has written and lectured extensively on free-market solutions to conserving wildlife, critical habitat, water resources, and endangered species.
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John Paul Woodley

Woodley served as Virginia's Deputy Attorney General and Secretary of Natural Resources before assuming the role of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, where he served with distinction from 2003 to 2009, supervising the civil works mission of the Army Corps of Engineers. He is currently a Principal with Advantus Strategies, a Richmond-based business-to-government consulting firm.
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