In Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery, The Name of the Rose, there is a famous scene in which Franciscans, Dominicans...
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Who Owns the Environment? Part II

I recently posted an item here, on Conservefewell.org, attempting to reconcile rights to and in private property with the...
There Is No Such Thing As A “Rain Tax”

The water sector seems to be completely immobilized by the canard that a stormwater management fee tied to impermeable...
There Is No Such Thing As A “Rain Tax”

The water sector seems to be completely immobilized by the canard that a stormwater management fee tied to impermeable...
Pope Francis and the Environment

Pope Francis drew the attention of The New York Times during his recent trip to Manila prompting the headline,...
How to fill the water infrastructure investment gap in one easy lesson

We should all offer thanks for a new book by Environmental Law Institute visiting scholar Michael Curley, a former...
Humanity’s Relationship with the Natural World

Noted ecologist Daniel Botkin provides a remarkable description of the natural phenomenon which is also the title of his...
Land Trusts as a Sign of American Vitality

The growth of the private land trust movement in the United States has often been cited as a premier...
Honoring One of America’s Great Conservation Leaders – Bill Reilly

This past week, April 24th, I was privileged to introduce former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly at the Center...
Natural Investment in Water Quality

A few weeks ago I posted an item regarding the release of World Resources Institute’s new report on natural...
Prize Money and Environmental Improvement

In 1995 Dava Sobel wrote a fascinating book, Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the...
Natural Infrastructure for Safe and Clean Water

The World Resources Institute recently released an exciting and very useful report on Natural Infrastructure: Investing in Forested Landscapes...
The matter of distinguishing government from governance, identifying their separate yet complementary roles, say, in the realm of...
Trust, Farmers, and Water Quality Trading

The essence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is its prohibition of the discharge of any pollutant into the...
The “Good” Part of the Farm Bill

Most of the Farm Bills over the years, including the one presently under consideration for reauthorization in Congress, are...
Brent Fewell and I had the pleasure of participating in an interesting program on December 16th observing the 39th...
Water Infrastructure Investments – or the lack thereof

I’m linking here to an article in WaterWorld which reproduced my speech to the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers...
Conservation, Markets, Ethics

While we strive to craft new approaches to conservation and environmental protection, with the goal of reconciling personal liberty,...
Coping with Water Scarcity

Here is a link to my mildly optimistic article on America’s water supply challenges, Coping with Water Scarcity, Risk...
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fast food, packaging, pets, urban sprawl, and other things which can be rectified only slowly and only through a concerted effort of education."
― Conservative Philosopher & Author, Roger Scruton
"ConserveFewell is the place to go for some serious environmental sanity, and alternatives to the usual slop."
― Author and Political Commentator, Steve Hayward
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