Archive for category: Conservative Conservationism
Crunchy Con Manifesto Redux
, , Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, American Conservative, Crunchy Con Manifesto, Rod Dreher, Russell Kirk, 0 By Brent Fewell Over the years, I’ve grown to appreciate Rod Dreher’s contributions to environmental discourse and advancing the...
“Nudging” versus “Coercion” – Balancing Environmental Protection with Liberty and Freedom
, , Conservative Conservationism, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, Andy McCarthy, Big Data, Big Government, Cass Sunstein, conservative, environmental, F.A. Hayek, freedom, John Stuart Mills, Jonah Goldberg, liberty, Next Generation Compliance, NRO, Nudge Theory, Russell Kirk, 0 The recent controversy over the U.S. Government’s increased proclivity to secretly paw through the electronic communications and telephone records of Americans has...
States are stepping up on the environment because of (or in spite of) Trump . . .
, , Conservative Conservationism, California, clean air, clean water, conservation, Governors, infastructure, President Trump, renewable energy, 0 In December 2016, after Trump’s election and Scott Pruitt was nominated to be the next EPA Administrator, I made...
Teddy Roosevelt’s Army or Edmund Burke’s Little Platoon?
, , Conservative Conservationism, ACC, American Conservation Coalition, Benji Backer, College Republican, conservative environmentalism, GOP, Matt Mailloux, Teddy Roosevelt, 0 Very proud of Benji Backer and his college friends who are storming the land and Washington DC to persuade...
Happy Earth Day! “Bah Humbug!” You Say
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservative environmentalism, Earth Day, principles of conservatism, stewardship, 0 Earth Day is upon us again – in all its splendor and glory. It is indeed the largest secular...
Lynn Scarlett, Prominent Voice on Environment, Invited to White House to Promote Infrastructure
, , Conservative Conservationism, Ecological Restoration, environmental markets, Lynn Scarlett, Mitigation Banking, President Trump, The Nature Conservancy, 0 Kudos to President Trump and the White House for bringing greater attention to the issue of that nation’s infrastructure,...
Scott Pruitt is the Next EPA Administrator – Now What!?
, , Conservative Conservationism, common sense solutions, DOI, Donald Trump, endangered species, EPA, Fish & Wildlife, Good Samaritan, Sand County Foundation, Scott Pruitt, Trout Unlimited, 0 Scott Pruitt, former Attorney General for Oklahoma, was confirmed today as EPA’s Administrator, on a Senate vote of 52-46....
The Case for Conservative Environmentalism – What is Possible in a Trump Administration
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservative environmentalism, environmentalis, Jeremy Carl, Mark Sagoff, Sir Roger Scruton, Steve Hayward, Trump Administration, Trump EPA, 0 Whether one calls it environmental conservatism or conservative environmentalism, I had the honor of participating in the Hoover Institution’s...
To My Environmental Friends – Give President-Elect Trump a Chance
, , Conservative Conservationism, Donald Trump, Environmental Defense Fund, environmental protection, National Wildlife Federation, NRDC, President-Elect, Roger Scruton, Sierra Club, TNC, World Wildlife Fund, 0 To many of my environmentalist friends, this past week could not have gone any worse. It’s their worst...
Conservative Environmentalism – Roundtable with Roger Scruton
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservative environmentalism, Hoover Institution, How to Think Seriously About the Environment, Jeremy Carl, Mark Sagoff, Roger Scruton, Steve Hayward, 0 For all those in DC who are interested in this topic, you should consider attending the following forum sponsored...
Can EPA and Other Feds Lead by Getting Out of the Way?
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservation, cooperative federalism, endangered species, environmental protection, EPA, natural resource management, subsidiarity, water quality, 0 Jim Huffman has a thoughtful article in the most recent issue of the PERC Reports titled Designing Institutions for...
Fix our Parks and Preserve our Youth
, , Conservative Conservationism, Bruce Vento, Buddy Bison, Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Maintenance Backlog, National Park Service, National Park Trust, PERC, Reed Watson, Rob Portman, Scott Wilson, Yellowstone National Park, 0 Reed Watson and Scott Wilson of the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) wrote a thoughtful article for the...
Meet the Earth Stewardship Alliance – a reawakening of conservative principles on the environment
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservation, conservatism and environment, constitutional principles, Earth Stewardship Alliance, environmental markets, environmental stewardship, Jim Presswood, 0 I want to introduce the readers of this blog to a new organization that is worth getting to know. ...
The Death of a Fishery and a Coastal Community it Supported
, , Conservative Conservationism, climate change, Cod Fisheries, collapse of ecosystem, ecosystem management, fisheries management, Grand Bruit, John Waldman, Jud Crawford, Maine, Newfoundland, Peter Behr, Pew Environment, precautionary principle, 0 I’ve reported previously on the precipitous decline of the cod fishery along the coast of Maine, here Tragedy of the...
Link Between Declining Wildlife Populations and Social Ills
, , Conservative Conservationism, fisheries, Forests, Ghana, Michelle Nijhuis, ocean, olive baboon, overexploitation of resources, overfishing, population dynamics, The New Yorker, 0 A fascinating, although not surprising, article in this week’s edition of The New Yorker titled Spare the Rod, School...
Humanity’s Relationship with the Natural World
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservationism, Daniel Botkin, Donald Worster, Emma Marris, Humanity's Relationship with the Natural World, Nature in the 21st Century, Oliver Houck, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell, The Phenomenon of Man, The Trouble with Wilderness, William Cronon, 0 Noted ecologist Daniel Botkin provides a remarkable description of the natural phenomenon which is also the title of his...
The Plight of the American Prairie
, , Conservative Conservationism, American Prairie Reserve, E.O. Wilson, Great Plains, John Terborgh, Laura Huggins, National Geographic, Paul Ehrlich, PERC, Thomas Lovejoy, 1 Our colleague here at Conservefewell, Laura Huggins, has taken a new position as the Manager of Economic Initiatives with...
Natural Infrastructure for Safe and Clean Water
, , Conservative Conservationism, Andrew Steer, ELI, Forests, gray infrastructure, green infrastructure, Safe Drinking Water, source water protection, water infrastructure, water quality, WRI, 0 The World Resources Institute recently released an exciting and very useful report on Natural Infrastructure: Investing in Forested Landscapes...
Celebrating Aldo Leopold’s 127th Birthday
, , Conservative Conservationism, Agriculture, Aldo Leopold, conservation, Conservation Economics, environmental stewardship, environmentalism, federal subsidies, Greener Than Thou, harmony with land, land ethic, Land Pathology, PERC, private property, public ownership, Terry Anderson, The Essential Aldo Leopold, The Round River, 1 Aldo Leopold is considered an icon of the environmental movement―primarily for his call for a heightened environmental consciousness in...
The Graduate, 2014: Chemistry on the Rise
, , Conservative Conservationism, agricultural, conservation, environmental impacts, EPA, MTBE, pharmaceutical, plastics, recyclable, reuseable, throw away society, unintended consequences, waste-to-energy, 2 In the iconic 1960’s era movie “The Graduate,” a young Dustin Hoffman is given one-word career advice: Plastics. In...
Conservation, Markets, Ethics
, , Conservative Conservationism, Adam Smith, Aldo Leopold, clean air, clean water, conservation, conservation easement, environmental protection, land ethic, land trust, Margaret Thatcher, Potomac Conservancy, presrvation, Sand County Almanac, Wilhelm Ropke, 1 While we strive to craft new approaches to conservation and environmental protection, with the goal of reconciling personal liberty,...
Contemplating a Conservative Response to Climate Change
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, climate change, ConserAmerica, Rob Sisson, The Climate Conservative, 0 Wanted to bring attention to a new blog, The Climate Conservative, the brainchild of David Jenkins and Rob Sisson,...
Human Carrying Capacity – Fanciful Fiction or Deadly Reality
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, carrying capacity, conservation, environment, environmentalism, Erle Ellis, human population, Isle Royale, Malthus, moose, overpopulation, predator-prey dynamics, Roger Scruton, sustainability, Tracy Mehan, University of Maryland, wolves, 0 One of the first courses I took in college toward my degree in wildlife management was a population dynamics class. ...
Our National Treasures – Was Secretary Watt Correct?
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Competitive Enterprise Institute, conservation, Eli Lehrer, free-market environmentalism, national parks, national wildlife refuge, Old Faithful, PERC, private ownership, R Street Institute, Robert Smith, Ronald Reagan, Ryan Cooper, Yellowstone National Park, 0 By Brent Fewell Interesting article in American Spectator this week by Robert Smith titled, An Environmentalist Deception, wherein Smith...
Death Panel Proposed for Pandas
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, Bloomberg, death panel, Panda, species conservation, Timonty Lavin, 0 By Brent Fewell Interesting and thought-provoking article this week by Tim Lavin over at Bloomberg titled “Why I Hate Pandas...
Some GOP Propose Taxing Carbon Not Income to Mitigate Climate Change
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Art Laffer, Bob Inglis, carbon tax, climate change, GOP, 0 By Brent Fewell Art Laffer, former Reagan economic advisor, and Bob Inglis, former GOP Congressman from South Carolina, discuss...
Nature – an abstraction to far too many
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, connection with nature, Daniel Botkin, ecology, environmental problems, nature, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell, 0 By Brent Fewell Author and ecologist, Daniel Botkin, in his new book, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell, offers an...
Enduring Wildlife Conservation is About Conserving Human Livelihood
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, Caribbean, endangered species, extinction, Paul Butler, RARE, St. Lucia Parrot, 0 By Brent Fewell So often, we hear stories of wildlife extinction or near extinction due to imbalances created by habitat encroachment or insatiable...
Conservation 2.0 – regulations alone won’t fix a broken earth
, , Conservative Conservationism, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, Water Issues, American Farmland Trust, Andrew McElwaine, Ben Grumbles, Brent Fults, Brooks Smith, Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Land Trust, Dave Paylor, Dave White, Ellen Gilinsky, EPRI, Freshwater Trust, Iowa Soybean Association, Jessica Fox, Joe Whiworth, Peter Hughes, Red Barn Trading, Roger Wolf, USDA, water, water quality trading, Willamette Partnership, 7 By Brent Fewell I spent some quality time this week in the wonderful city of Cincinnati, home of the...
Conservatives – or at least one nervous House staffer – call for GOP to lead Climate Debate
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, climate change, Eric Bradenson, GOP, revenue-neutral carbon tax, 0 By Brent Fewell Am posting a thoughtful article by an anonymous House GOP staffer, writing under the pseudonym, Eric...
China – A Growing Threat to the Earth
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, Energy and Resource Extraction, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, China, conservation, conservative, Craig Simons, Diane Rehm, environmentalism, NPR, pollution, Russell Kirk, The Devouring Dragon, 1 Listened to a sobering interview yesterday on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, with Craig Simons, author of the new book, The Devouring Dragon, which...
Funny Wildlife Footage
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, Caitrin Nicol, conservation, Do Elephants Have Souls, funny wildlife video, The New Atlantis, wildlife, 0 By Brent Fewell Saving the planet can be really heavy and heady stuff at times – so, occasionally it’s...
Reagan’s Conservation Legacy – still timely and relevant today
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, Eli Lehrer, environment, free-market environmentalism, Ronald Reagan, 0 By Brent Fewell Eli Lehrer has a great piece today in The Blaze on the conservation legacy of President...
Crunchy Con is Back – GOP break out your Birkenstocks
, , Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, Crunchy Con, environment, GOP, libertarian, NRO, Robert Costa, Rod Dreher, Russell Kirk, Senator Rand Paul, 0 Thank you to Robert Costa over at NRO for this week resurrecting the term Crunchy Con. Ever since Rod Dreher left NRO,...
Changing the Dialogue, Economics and Cultural Valuation of Species Protection
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, critical habitat, free-market environmentalism, Laura Huggins, market-based conservation, PERC, Property and Environmental Research Center, T&E species, threatened and endangered species, Todd Gartner, wildlife, World Resources Institute, WRI, 0 Props to Todd Gartner, of the World Resources Institute, and Laura Huggins, of the Property and Environmental Research Center, for joining efforts...
Emerging Markets are Helping Accelerate Environmental Restoration
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, 2 Spent several days this week in Racine, WI, at the Johnson Foundation’s Wingspread, which the H.J. Johnson Family (think SC Johnson...
Busy as a bee, unless you have CCD
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, American Bird Conservancy, bees dying, birds, Colony Collapse Disorder, ConservAmerica, Dr. Pierre Mineau, EPA, Forbes, Henry Miller, immune system, IUCN, neonicotinoids, pesticides, 0 By Brent Fewell Linking to a report over at ConservAmerica regarding the recent collapse of bee colonies here in...
What is the Best Antidote to Environmental Irrationality?
, , Conservative Conservationism, Energy and Resource Extraction, Water Issues, Cass Sunstein, climate change, conservatism, Dan Kahan, democracy, environmental, environmental hysteria, fear, Fear of Democracy, Laws of Fear, Patrick Moynihan, Penn & Teller Bullshit, rule making, 5 The material well-being of a democratic society depends on its ability to rationally manage a nearly limitless variety of...
Student Conservation Association – helping promote environmental stewardship
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Bert Harting, conservation internships, environmental stewardship, Student Conservation Association, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park, 1 For those budding conservationists in high school or college in the U.S., or those with just a passing curiosity...
The Face of Conservation is Changing – Cheers to Today’s New Leaders
, , Conservative Conservationism, EPA, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, Water Issues, Ben Grumbles, Freshwater Trust, Joanie Mahoney, Joe Whitworth, Kim Marotta, Matt Millea, MillerCoors, Onodaga County, Save the Rain, U.S. Water Alliance, William Reilly, 0 By Brent Fewell The pros and cons of living in Washington DC are receiving all sorts of invitations to political...
My Infinitesimally Small Contribution to Earth Day
, , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, Chesapeake Bay, Chris Bayley, conservation, Earth Day, environment, rain garden, storm water, water quality, 3 By Brent Fewell Inspired earlier this month by the conservation work of Chris Bayley out in Oregon, and his...
The GOP’s Environmental Challenge
, , Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, academic elites, Bush EPA, conservation, conservatism, Duke, environmentalism, GOP, Jonathan Adler, Lynn Scarlett, Nicholas School of the Environment, Republican, Robert Redford, Rod Dreher, Roger Scruton, SoCon, SoConLib, Terry Anderson, 1 By Brent Fewell Can one be a social conservative or member of the GOP and be an environmentalist? Although I’ve long...
Platoons for Conservation and the Healing Power of Water
, , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, Alan Folger, Cassidy and Associates, conservation, flyfishing, Freeport-McMoran, Livingston Group, Middle River Group, Newmont Mining, Telos, Trout Unlimited, United Water, veterans, water, water quality, 1 By Brent Fewell Attended an awesomely moving tribute last evening to our Nation’s veterans. This marks the third year that...
Red Snapper and Dynamite Don’t Mix – Fish Policy 101
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, Coastal Conservation Association, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, conservation, DOI, fisheries, Gulf of Mexico, Idle Iron Policy, Jeff Crane, Patrick Murray, red snapper, wildlife, 0 By Brent Fewell The family and I were watching the national news the other night and saw this undercover video about major...
The Bureaucratization of Environmentalism – can we survive good intentions?
, , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, bridge, bureaucratization, bureaucrats, conservative, environmentalism, EPA, incentives, Orvis, Rockville, stormwater, stream, Trout Unlimited, water, water quality, wildlife habitat, 4 
Calling all Good Samaritans
, , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, abandoned mines, Ben Grumbles, Chris Wood, environmental stewardship, EPA, Good Samaritan, Patty Limerick, Snowbird, Tiffany & Co., Trout Unlimited, water, water quality, 3 We all know the parable told by Jesus regarding the sojourner who was robbed, pillaged, and left to die...
Nature’s Resilience – Chesapeake Bay and Signs of Hope
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, Alex Beehler, Alex Echols, Ann Mills, Arlen Lancaster, Benjamin Grumbles, Bruce Knight, CBF, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, Cy Jones, Dan Nees, EPA, Katie McGinty, market-based conservation, nutrient trading, PADEP, Paul Faeth, Peter Hughes, Pinchot Institute, Ricardo Bayon, stormwater, Tracy Mehan, water quality, water quality trading, wildlife, WRI, 2 By Brent Fewell Promising news flowing from the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. EPA is reporting that pollutants, such as phosphorous,...
Tragedy of the Commons Strikes Again
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Species Protection, Canada, cod fishery, conservation, environment, fisheries, ITQs, ocean, private markets, tragedy of the commons, wildlife, 2 By Brent Fewell We each have them, those childhood experiences that shape our life perspective and canvas our memories of youth. ...
Conservatives Promote Environmental Stewardship
, , Conservative Conservationism, Ben Grumbles, CLC, Conservation Leadership Council, conservatives, Ed Schafer, environmental stewardship, Gale Norton, Lynn Scarlett, 0 By Brent Fewell Great discussion today in DC sponsored by the Conservation Leadership Council – carried by C-SPAN – on...
Excerpts from Edmund Burke in “A Vindication of Natural Society” in 1756 and his cautionary observation of man’s potential destructive forces on...
My new year’s wish – for less politics and more credible voices!
, , Climate Change, Conservative Conservationism, climate change, conservatism, environment, James Hansen, Larry Schweiger, Michael Mann, NRO, NWF, science, 5 By Brent Fewell My friend, Larry Schwieger of National Wildlife Federation, tweeted out his new year’s wish, “for a...
A Case for Environmental Conservatism
, , Conservative Conservationism, Uncategorized, AEI, conservatism, environment, Planet, Roger Scruton, Steven Hayward, 0 Are conservatives better able to handle environmental problems? A re-post of a June 2012 lecture by Roger Scruton of...
Why Conservatives Should and do Care About the Environment
, , Conservative Conservationism, The Environment and Politics, Christian, conservation, conservatism, Edmund Burke, endangered species, environment, GOP, Muir, Pinchot, policy, Republican, Roosevelt, Russell Kirk, Yellowstone, 1 By Brent Fewell What can be more conservative than the impulse to protect and conserve earth’s natural resources, air,...
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