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Sabin urges GOP to return to its conservation roots . . .

The nation’s economy is humming along nicely with unemployment at an all-time low. Now President Trump and Congress must...
States are stepping up on the environment because of (or in spite of) Trump . . .

In December 2016, after Trump’s election and Scott Pruitt was nominated to be the next EPA Administrator, I made...
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,...
Stewardship Roundtable – Sep. 14, Collin O’Mara, NWF, Guest Conservationist

Next Roundtable: September 14, 8:30 a.m. – 9: 45, NWF, 1200 G St. NW Suite 900 Collin O’Mara, CEO...
Liberalism, Conservatism, and Cynicism
President Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would, if elected, donate his salary back to the government. ...
Can EPA and Other Feds Lead by Getting Out of the Way?

Jim Huffman has a thoughtful article in the most recent issue of the PERC Reports titled Designing Institutions for...
Cecil the Lion is Dead – Now What?!

This has been an interesting week to say the least. Sadly, Cecil the lion is dead, and it appears...
Tax Weed Don’t Mow It – Save the Monarch!

Over the Christmas holiday, while Santa was spreading joy and good cheer and Cindy Lou Who was tending her...
Meet the Earth Stewardship Alliance – a reawakening of conservative principles on the environment

I want to introduce the readers of this blog to a new organization that is worth getting to know. ...
Expanding the Republican Tent With Smart Environmental Policy

Republicans looking for lessons learned from the last election should note how a balanced environmental platform helped Republican John...
Accelerating Environmental Protection Through New Market Approaches

Linking here to an article this past week that my friend and law partner, Brooks Smith, and I wrote for...
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...
Featuring Kristofer Rowe and his Osprey

Highlighting a new wildlife photographer here at Conservefewell, Kristofer Rowe, who’s hallmark work is the Osprey, or fish hawk...
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...
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...
The Graduate, 2014: Chemistry on the Rise

In the iconic 1960’s era movie “The Graduate,” a young Dustin Hoffman is given one-word career advice: Plastics. In...
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...
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...
Enhancing Water Quality Through Agricultural Conservation

One of the things that U.S. Department of Agriculture has done well, is to recognize that when they cost...
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...
Is EPA Really Essential?

“Just abolish EPA.” I heard it again this week from a friend, when discussing the agency’s renewed focus on...
Conservatives, Young People, and the Environment in 2014

Since the 2008 election cycle, conservatives have lamented the loss of constituencies key to cobbling together a winning vote:...
Conservation, Markets, Ethics

While we strive to craft new approaches to conservation and environmental protection, with the goal of reconciling personal liberty,...
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...
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. ...
EPA Scores Big Victory in Chesapeake Bay Decision

Last Friday, the U.S. EPA scored a big victory against industry opponents who challenged the Agency’s authority and efforts to...
Adult Rednecks Meet Baby Leatherbacks

A very cool video of baby leatherbacks hatching on a beach somewhere in Florida, complete with authentic and entertaining...
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...
The Decline of GOP Environmentalism or Decline of Environmentalism Itself

By Brent Fewell Paul Sabin has an article in this weekend’s Boston Globe titled “The Decline of Republican Environmentalism.” Sabin,...
A Christian Perspective on Environmental Stewardship – by Francis Schaeffer

Growing up in an Evangelical Christian home, my disappointment in how my form of Christianity thought about and responded...
More Chicken Wings, More Environmental Challenges

We have a lot of chickens in Maryland. And, in fact, we humans are outnumbered 1,000 to 1 along...
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...
Reagan’s Conservation Legacy – still timely and relevant today

By Brent Fewell Eli Lehrer has a great piece today in The Blaze on the conservation legacy of President...
The Farm Bill – Perhaps a Moment for Liberals and Conservatives to Hold Hands

By Brent Fewell Seems no one except special interest is happy with the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill passed today and...
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...
An Intriguing But Not-So-Bizarre Tale Involving EPA

A couple of months back I posted about a promising geoengineering development here, Save the Planet – plant a...
Night Watchman

“Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages...
Many Fisheries on the Rebound – Good for Fish, Environment, and Jobs

By Brent Fewell I admittedly grow weary at times with all the dour, long-faced, gloom-and doom stuff of my...
My Infinitesimally Small Contribution to Earth Day

By Brent Fewell Inspired earlier this month by the conservation work of Chris Bayley out in Oregon, and his...
The Shadow of Human Existence

By Brent Fewell Linking to an article over at MercatorNet by Tracy Mehan, a friend and contemplative thinker on the human...
The GOP’s Environmental Challenge

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

By Brent Fewell Attended an awesomely moving tribute last evening to our Nation’s veterans. This marks the third year that...
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...
“Greens Hooks and Bullets”

By Brent Fewell POTUS’ new cabinet pick for Department of Interior, Sally Jewel, strikes me as a fantastic choice! Some...
Nature’s Resilience – Chesapeake Bay and Signs of Hope

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

By Brent Fewell We each have them, those childhood experiences that shape our life perspective and canvas our memories of youth. ...
Save the Planet – plant a tree or feed a krill

Two years ago, I reported on an experiment by a fascinating environmentalist and eco-entrepreneur, Russ George, and his pioneering...
Society’s “little platoons” for conservation

By Brent Fewell I’ve just finished a new book that is a must read for the political right (and...
Conserving Nature by Conserving Liberty

By Brent Fewell In a newly released article, The Heritage Foundation offers the following eight principles for conservation: People are the...
Why Conservatives Should and do Care About the Environment

By Brent Fewell What can be more conservative than the impulse to protect and conserve earth’s natural resources, air,...
"The biggest challenge to the environment, as I see it, is the life-style of modern people –
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
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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