Archive for category: Species Protection
“Nudging” versus “Coercion” – Balancing Environmental Protection with Liberty and Freedom

The recent controversy over the U.S. Government’s increased proclivity to secretly paw through the electronic communications and telephone records of Americans has...
Make America’s Wildlife Great Again – Support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

In some corners, the topic of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) will evoke blood-curdling screams and political rancor the...
Pigheaded Hunter to EPA “Screw You and Your Lead Ammo Ban”

Most Americans probably missed this one, given the dizzying pace of political developments these days. But no sooner had...
Persistence and Collaboration Pay Dividends in Connecticut – The Return of the Salmon

Linking to a great news story that understates the decades of effort to bring back Atlantic salmon to Connecticut....
Market-based Solutions are Protecting U.S. Fisheries – Kudos to EDF and its partners

Linking below to a great news story by Dan Upham of EDF that reinforces the value of market-based approaches...
Defeating the Invasive Hordes

Optimism is usually not a word associated with invasive species management. Too often, observers of invasive species challenges view...
Connecting Cows, Conservation and Commerce

Looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day—grill up a nice, juicy Wild Sky steak. When you buy Wild...
When is a Sportfish an Invasive Species?

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

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

An encouraging display this week of bipartisan support for endangered species, itself an increasing rarity here in DC. The...
Feed a Child, Save the Planet

Back in 1990, I was fortunate to land a six month internship at the National Wildlife Federation in Washington...
The Weed That is Whipping the West

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is poised to list a bird called the greater sage grouse under...
New Non-profit Focuses on Invasive Species Solutions

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

Theodore Roosevelt is appropriately credited as being the driving force at the start of the American conservation movement. Both...
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...
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) Really Isn’t

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

According to the Economist (September 14th, 2013 issue), invasive species, plants and animals of exotic origin that invade and...
Windmills, White Nose Syndrome, and CCD – Our Nation’s Pollinators Under Serious Assault

Despite my strong support of our ongoing efforts to produce more renewable energy, I have always held reservations about...
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,...
Halloween Special – Dracula Might Be Scary, But the Loss of His Smaller Cousins is Even Scarier

As the ghosts, goblins, and vampires come out of the shadows and descend upon us tonight, I thought it appropriate...
Below is a sobering story of a yachtsman who, in a recent voyage from Australia to Japan, observed some disturbing...
Very encouraging news for the Pacific Northwest salmon fishery. Due to recent conservation efforts to restore beleaguered chinook populations, this...
Human Carrying Capacity – Fanciful Fiction or Deadly Reality

One of the first courses I took in college toward my degree in wildlife management was a population dynamics class. ...
Adult Rednecks Meet Baby Leatherbacks

A very cool video of baby leatherbacks hatching on a beach somewhere in Florida, complete with authentic and entertaining...
By Brent Fewell Fun video of a very curious and entertaining otter. (HT Tree Hugger)
Africa’s Black Rhino Driven to Extinction

Very sad news to learn of the confirmed extinction of Africa’s western black rhino. The black market for rhino...
Yellowstone’s Wolves Prove Beneficial to Bear Population

Linking to a new study at Oregon State which tends to reinforce the ecological importance of wolves to the...
Death Panel Proposed for Pandas

By Brent Fewell Interesting and thought-provoking article this week by Tim Lavin over at Bloomberg titled “Why I Hate Pandas...
Nature – an abstraction to far too many

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

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

By Brent Fewell I spent some quality time this week in the wonderful city of Cincinnati, home of the...
China – A Growing Threat to the Earth

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

By Brent Fewell Saving the planet can be really heavy and heady stuff at times – so, occasionally it’s...
Oyster Fisheries and Families along Gulf Coast in Jeopardy

By Brent Fewell Thanks to my older brother, Scott, who forwarded the following story, A Fight Over Water, and to Save...
Where the Heck Would we Put a Woolly Mammoth – or Saber Tooth Tiger for that Matter

By Brent Fewell The recent discovery in Russia of a 10,000 year old woolly mammoth carcass surprisingly in tact, with muscle...
The Island Fox Makes a Successful Recovery

By Brent Fewell Great success story on the recovery of California’s endangered Island Fox, also known as Santa Cruz’s dwarf...
EPA Announces Formation of Technical Working Group to Review Ocean Acidification

By Brent Fewell As first reported by Amena Saiyid over at BNA, EPA announced this week that it plans to establish a...
Happy, Healthy Bugs Means Healthy Waters: continued strides to restore America’s waters

By Brent Fewell The following may be a wee bit granular for some of my readers, but hear me...
EDF Promotes Sustainable Fracking Practices – and draws ire of other environmental groups

By Brent Fewell Environmental Defense Fund is taking heat from other environmental groups for promoting sustainable energy practices, as...
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...
Emerging Markets are Helping Accelerate Environmental Restoration

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

By Brent Fewell Linking to a report over at ConservAmerica regarding the recent collapse of bee colonies here in...
Student Conservation Association – helping promote environmental stewardship

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

By Brent Fewell The pros and cons of living in Washington DC are receiving all sorts of invitations to political...
Night Watchman

“Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages...
Night Heron on the Prowl

“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, the stability, and beauty of the biotic community....
Nature’s Simple Beauties

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ― Aldo Leopold Seek out and...
Whale Wars on Trial

By Brent Fewell Among my favorite reality shows is Animal Planet’s Whale Wars, starring the curmudgeonly captain, Paul Watson,...
Red Snapper and Dynamite Don’t Mix – Fish Policy 101

By Brent Fewell The family and I were watching the national news the other night and saw this undercover video about major...
Save a Fish – Paint a Storm Drain

By Brent Fewell Polluted stormwater runoff remains a pernicious and difficult-to-solve environmental challenge of our time. This is a storm...
“Greens Hooks and Bullets”

By Brent Fewell POTUS’ new cabinet pick for Department of Interior, Sally Jewel, strikes me as a fantastic choice! Some...
Tragedy of the Commons Strikes Again

By Brent Fewell We each have them, those childhood experiences that shape our life perspective and canvas our memories of youth. ...
Encouraging news out of Chernobyl 26 years after one of the worst nuclear power plant meltdowns. Wildlife have moved back...
Humans – are we but a mere earthly plague?

By Brent Fewell Sir David Attenborough has certainly stirred the pot with his recent name calling. Are humans but...
Nature, Worth Conserving

By Brent Fewell A masterful and moving video by Scott McKinley Productions, produced for a great organization, Rocky Mountain...
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