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...
EARTH DAY – Ignore those apocalyptic Malthusians – Humans no longer dragging nuckles . . .

This Earth Day, Try Conservation Optimism Brian Yablonski Reposted from PERC April 22, 2018 EMIGRANT, Mont.—It is Earth Day,...
The Uproar Over Presidents and National Monuments

This week’s action by President Trump to chop the size of two national monuments in Utah was met with...
Brian Yablonski to Succeed Reed Watson at PERC

Brian Yablonski will succeed Reed Watson as the Executive Director of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), the...
Fix our Parks and Preserve our Youth

Reed Watson and Scott Wilson of the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) wrote a thoughtful article for the...
A Better Approach to Species Conservation – Incentives for Private Landowners

Last week I had the opportunity of participating in a small forum here in DC to discuss the looming...
The Plight of the American Prairie

Our colleague here at Conservefewell, Laura Huggins, has taken a new position as the Manager of Economic Initiatives with...
Reed Watson, the New Face of Free-Market Environmentalism

UPDATE: Conservefewell welcomes Reed Watson to its team of conservation bloggers. * * * I had a chance recently...
Celebrating Aldo Leopold’s 127th Birthday

Aldo Leopold is considered an icon of the environmental movement―primarily for his call for a heightened environmental consciousness in...
Happy[?] 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act

Forty years ago today Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. Overnight, the Act became one of...
Fences Make Good Neighbors

Interesting article by Jesse Hirsch over at Modern Farmer titled Thievery, Fraud, Fistfights and Weed: The Other Side of...
Illegal Wildlife Trade Threatens Many Species

As a young lad, I had an effervescent fascination and love for wildlife, no matter how significant or insignificant,...
Our National Treasures – Was Secretary Watt Correct?

By Brent Fewell Interesting article in American Spectator this week by Robert Smith titled, An Environmentalist Deception, wherein Smith...
Changing the Dialogue, Economics and Cultural Valuation of Species Protection

Props to Todd Gartner, of the World Resources Institute, and Laura Huggins, of the Property and Environmental Research Center, for joining efforts...
"The biggest challenge to the environment, as I see it, is the life-style of modern people –
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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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