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Conservation funding in a changing world – sustainability is the goal . . .
, , Links, Uncategorized, 0 Adequate funding of fish and wildlife conservation and other critical resource needs such as water quality is essential and...
Federal judge denies extending bottled water to portions of Newark NJ’s water system . . .
, , Links, Uncategorized, 0 Opinion here . . .
Stewardship Roundtable – Sep. 14, Collin O’Mara, NWF, Guest Conservationist
, , Uncategorized, bipartisan, Collin O'Mara, conservation, NWF, stewardship roundtable, 0 Next Roundtable: September 14, 8:30 a.m. – 9: 45, NWF, 1200 G St. NW Suite 900 Collin O’Mara, CEO...
Market-based Solutions are Protecting U.S. Fisheries – Kudos to EDF and its partners
, , Species Protection, Uncategorized, aquaculture, catch shares, EDF, fisheries, incentives, ITQs, Marine Stewardship Council, Sam's Club, sustainable fisheries, Walmart, 0 Linking below to a great news story by Dan Upham of EDF that reinforces the value of market-based approaches...
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will be hosting it’s annual Business Forum on November 10 in Baltimore. This...
Is Jeb Conservation’s next Teddy Roosevelt – we can only hope so!
, , Uncategorized, ConservAmerica, conservation spending, DOI, Everglades, Jeb Bush, LWCF, public lands, Rob Sisson, Teddy Roosevelt, 0 Rob Sisson, Executive Director of ConservAmerica, draws parallels between Teddy Roosevelt and Jeb Bush on conservation in today’s The...
Improving Policy Outcomes Through Better Science Communication
, , Uncategorized, Dan Kahan, Science Communication Problem, 0 Conservefewell is pleased to co-host along with the Environmental Policy Group a roundtable discussion with Dan Kahan, the Elizabeth...
How to fill the water infrastructure investment gap in one easy lesson
, , Uncategorized, Water Issues, Clean Water Act, CWSRF, ELI, financing, infrastructure gap, Michael Curley, Safe Drinking Water Act, State Revolving Fund, water finance policy, WIFIA, 1 We should all offer thanks for a new book by Environmental Law Institute visiting scholar Michael Curley, a former...
The matter of distinguishing government from governance, identifying their separate yet complementary roles, say, in the realm of...
Special Thanks to Steve Hayward for the Shout-out
, , Uncategorized, Cato Institute, environmental pollution, Human Progress, hunger, poverty, Power Line, Scott Cameron, Steve Hayward, 0 Special thanks to Steve Hayward for mentioning this blog over on Power Line. Steve says, Conservefewell “s the...
Have You Hugged Your Toilet Lately
, , Uncategorized, cholera, clean water, Crudem Foundation, Haiti, hygiene, Jim Thebaut, Lisa Schectman, Milot, Port-au-Prince, safe water, sanitation, Suez Environnement, United Water, Water Aid America, water crisis, water kiosk, World Toilet Day, 0 I’ve done some toilet hugging in my days, but we’ll skip those sordid details for now. It’s been...
Water Infrastructure Investments – or the lack thereof
, , Uncategorized, Water Issues, federalism, water crisis, water finance, water infrastructure, water protection, WaterWorld, WWEMA, 0 I’m linking here to an article in WaterWorld which reproduced my speech to the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers...
Environmental Modernists – Technology as Salvation or a Temporal Fix
, , Uncategorized, disconnectedness, environmental stewardship, Fred Pearce, How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Oikophillia, Roger Scruton, social fragmentation, technology, The Breakthrough Institute, 0 Interesting piece over at The Breakthrough Institute on the continued awakening of modern environmental thought by Fred Pearce, under the new...
“Live Free or Die” or should it be “Drink Raw Milk or Die”
, , Uncategorized, Blue Hill, Dan Brown, farmers, food safety, food sovereignty, freedom, Gravelwood Farm, Localism, Maine, produce, prosecution, raw milk, unpasteurized milk, 0 Not sure if it’s sour grapes or sour milk churning in Maine but, regardless, Blue Hill Maine is the epicenter...
Why All the Fuss About Tipping Points?
, , Climate Change, Uncategorized, calamity, climate change, ecology, ecosystems, environment, environmental stresses, nature, tipping point, 0 Central to concerns of climate change science is the somewhat ill-defined concept of “tipping point,” a point at which a...
Good Life is About Connectedness
, , Uncategorized, Brooklin Times, E.B. White, Joel White, Kristin Flannery, Mick Flannery, Rod Dreher, The 9th Wave Lodge, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Wooden Boat, 7 After celebrating an elementary and middle school graduation in our household this June, Sheara and I and the girls hit the road...
U.S. Remains a Science Superpower
, , Uncategorized, nature, Sheara Wall Fewell, Superpower, U.S. Science, 0 By Brent Fewell Some good news for U.S. researchers and budding scientists. Results of a new survey released today in Nature reveal...
Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Control – What’s the Greater Risk?
, , Uncategorized, administrative state, Angela Logomasini, bureaucratization of environmentalism, CEI, Clyde W. Crews, environment, freedom, James Madison, Jonathan Turley, liberty, 1 On June 6, 1788, two weeks before New Hampshire would become the ninth and last state necessary to ratify the...
A Message to God’s Creation on Earth Day 2013
, , Uncategorized, American Spectator, Earth Day 2013, Tracy Mehan, 0 By Brent Fewell Linking to an article in The American Spectator by Tracy Mehan on this Earth Day 2013. ...
Many Fisheries on the Rebound – Good for Fish, Environment, and Jobs
, , Uncategorized, Brian Handwerk, conservation, environment, environmentalist, fisheries, National Geographic, NRDC, 0 By Brent Fewell I admittedly grow weary at times with all the dour, long-faced, gloom-and doom stuff of my...
Rain Rain Go Away . . .
, , Uncategorized, Water Issues, Chris Bayley, Michael Brown, Puget Sound, rain garden, Stewardship Partners, stormwater, water quality, 1 By Brent Fewell One of the ideas behind creating this blog was to highlight some of the great conservation efforts underway...
The Shadow of Human Existence
, , Uncategorized, conservation, David Botkins, environment, MercatorNet, natural environment, nature, poem, poetry, Tracy Mehan, 0 By Brent Fewell Linking to an article over at MercatorNet by Tracy Mehan, a friend and contemplative thinker on the human...
Do We Really Need a New Shade of Green Environmentalism?
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Uncategorized, capitalism, conservationism, conservative, environmental stewardship, environmentalism, Green, misanthropy, Ross Robertson, 0 I begin with an apology for the title of this post, but no other title quite captures the gist...
The Fewell’s Meet Flipper (sort of)
, , Uncategorized, Discovery Cove, dolphin, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, ocean, ocean pollution, Operation Spash, plastic, Rob Weltner, Russell McLendon, Sea World, water, 0 By Brent Fewell During the sub-arctic March weather we experienced here in DC, Sheara and I had the good fortune to escape to Orlando with...
God’s Transforming Power
, , Uncategorized, Doc Hendley, drinking water, God, Pope Francis, sanitation, water, Wine to Water, 0 By Brent Fewell It may strike some as pollyannish, but I truly believe that with God’s help one person...
Farmers, Fishermen and Phil – a tribute to life
, , Uncategorized, Captain Phil Harris, Deadliest Catch, Habeeb, NRO, Paul Harvey's Farmer, 0 By Brent Fewell Fitting tribute over at NRO to the legendary crab fisherman, Captain Phil Harris, of the Cornelia...
The Universe – more than a cosmic sneeze?
, , Uncategorized, fauna, flora, George Will, natural rights, nature, 0 By Brent Fewell In a January 4 speech to Washington University students, George Will offered some weighty thoughts on the...
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...
, , Uncategorized, 2 Hello World. This blog is dedicated to advancing principles of conservative conservationism, dispelling the myth that only liberals care about...
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