, , Featured Article, Slider, conservation, conservative, Environmental Conservatism, environmental protection, Ethics and Policy Center, GOP, How to Think Seriously About the Planet, philosophy, Roger Scruton, 3 I had the recent pleasure of sitting down with the English philosopher, Roger Scruton, to discuss his new book, How...
, , Featured Article, Andy Sabin, conservation, environment, GOP, Teddy Roosevelt, 0 The nation’s economy is humming along nicely with unemployment at an all-time low. Now President Trump and Congress must...
, , 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...
, , The Environment and Politics, Brian Yablonski, carbon emissions, conservation, Earth Day, PERC, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone, 0 This Earth Day, Try Conservation Optimism Brian Yablonski Reposted from PERC April 22, 2018 EMIGRANT, Mont.—It is Earth Day,...
, , 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...
, , The Environment and Politics, budget cuts, ConservAmerica, conservation, national parks, Ryan Zinke, Trump, 0 President Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would, if elected, donate his salary back to the government. ...
, , 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...
, , Animals, Cecil the Lion, conservation, PETA, Safari, Shawn Regan, Steve Hayward, Teddy Roosevelt, Terry Anderson, Trophy Hunting, 0 This has been an interesting week to say the least. Sadly, Cecil the lion is dead, and it appears...
, , Animals, Brad Plumer, conservation, endangered, Endangered Species Act, environmental impacts of pot growing, FWS, habitat protection, Joe Milkweed, Live Monarch, marijuana, milkweed, Monarch butterfly, Monarch Joint Venture, Noelle Swan, north american monarch conservation plan, 0 Over the Christmas holiday, while Santa was spreading joy and good cheer and Cindy Lou Who was tending her...
, , 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 Environment and Politics, Arlington, conservation, conservatism, Earth Stewardship Alliance, elections, environmental stewardship, GOP, GOP environmentalism, Jim Presswood, John Vihstadt, Northern Virginia, Republican, Russell Kirk, 0 Republicans looking for lessons learned from the last election should note how a balanced environmental platform helped Republican John...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, accelerating environmental restoration, Benjamin Grumbles, BNA, Brooks Smith, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, EPA, Gulf of Mexico, market-based environmentalism, TMDL, Tracy Mehan, water impairments, water quality, water quality trading, 0 Linking here to an article this past week that my friend and law partner, Brooks Smith, and I wrote for...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Alexis de Tocqueville, Bill Birchard, Charles Eliot, conservation, conservation easements, environmental stewardship, free-market environmentalism, Land Trust Alliance, Potomac Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, Wendy Koch, wildlife habitat, 0 The growth of the private land trust movement in the United States has often been cited as a premier...
, , Animals, Bert Emke, conservation, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, endangered species, Fish Hawk, Kristofer Rowe, Maine, Osprey, 0 Highlighting a new wildlife photographer here at Conservefewell, Kristofer Rowe, who’s hallmark work is the Osprey, or fish hawk...
, , EPA, Bill Reilly, Bush Administration, Center for Environmental Policy, conservation, conservation leadership, Dan Fiorino, George H.W. Bush, Hank Habicht, Performance Track, Senator Bob Graham, The New Environmental Regulation, Tracy Mehan, 0 This past week, April 24th, I was privileged to introduce former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly at the Center...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, AgInFomatics, clean water, Clean Water Act, conservation, dead zone, Elinor Ostrom, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Lynn Scarlett, Mississippi River, network governance, Ohio River, Peter Nowak, Sand County Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, trust, water quality, water quality trading, watersheds, WRI, 5 The essence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is its prohibition of the discharge of any pollutant into the...
, , Featured Article, Species Protection, Cambodia, coalitions, conservation, ecotourism, endangered species, poaching, rainforest, sustainable forestry, Suwanna Gauntlett, Teddy Roosevelt, Wildlife Alliance, 0 Theodore Roosevelt is appropriately credited as being the driving force at the start of the American conservation movement. Both...
, , Agriculture and Environment, agricultural economics, Agriculture, conservation, cost share, feeding the world, incentives, investment, NRCS, smart farming, USDA, water quality, world population, 1 One of the things that U.S. Department of Agriculture has done well, is to recognize that when they cost...
, , Agriculture and Environment, Clean WaterAct, conservation, ethanol, Farm Bill, farmers, soil erosion, susidies, wetlands, wildlife habitat, 5 Most of the Farm Bills over the years, including the one presently under consideration for reauthorization in Congress, are...
, , EPA, bureaucracy, bureaucritization of environmentalism, CEI, Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., conservation, David Schoenbrod, environment, environmentalism, freedom, incentives, Jonathan Adler, liberty, Marlow Lewis Jr., motives, NRDC, Peter Lehner, private property rights, regulatory agency, society, Tracy Mehan, 0 “Just abolish EPA.” I heard it again this week from a friend, when discussing the agency’s renewed focus on...
, , The Environment and Politics, conservation, conservative, democracy, economy, environment, environmentalism, Generation X, Generation Y, GOP, hydraulic fracturing, ideology, optimism, quality of life, Republican, Teddy Roosevelt, young poeple, young voters, younger generation and the environment, 1 Since the 2008 election cycle, conservatives have lamented the loss of constituencies key to cobbling together a winning vote:...
, , 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,...
, , Species Protection, aviaries, captive breeding, cockatoos, conservation, David Hayes, eclectus, elephant, endangered species, entrepreneurial conservation, Iain Murray, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, macaws, Michael 't Sas-Rolfes, Michael de Alessi, parrots, PERC, President Obama, RAXA Collective, rhino, World Wildlife Fund, 0 As a young lad, I had an effervescent fascination and love for wildlife, no matter how significant or insignificant,...
, , Species Protection, Brown Bat, conservation, conservation banks, endangered species, Halloween, species protection, The Nature Conservancy, White Nose Syndrome, 0 As the ghosts, goblins, and vampires come out of the shadows and descend upon us tonight, I thought it appropriate...
, , 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. ...
, , EPA, Water Issues, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, Judge Rambo, TMDL litigation, 2 Last Friday, the U.S. EPA scored a big victory against industry opponents who challenged the Agency’s authority and efforts to...
, , Animals, Species Protection, baby leatherback turtles, conservation, hatching, 0 A very cool video of baby leatherbacks hatching on a beach somewhere in Florida, complete with authentic and entertaining...
, , 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...
, , Climate Change, Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, Boston Globe, climate change, conservation, decline of environmentalism, Decline of Republican Environmentalism, Democrat, Eli Lehrer, environmentalism, George Bush, Good Samaritan, GOP, Nordhaus, Paul Sabin, politicization of environmentalism, politics, R Street Institute, Republican, Shellenberger, The Breakthrough Institute, 7 By Brent Fewell Paul Sabin has an article in this weekend’s Boston Globe titled “The Decline of Republican Environmentalism.” Sabin,...
, , Religion and Nature, Bible, Christianity, conservation, ecology, Evangelical, Francis Schaeffer, nature, pantheism, Pollution and the Death of Man, 0 Growing up in an Evangelical Christian home, my disappointment in how my form of Christianity thought about and responded...
, , Agriculture and Environment, Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, anearobic digester, blue crabs, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, chickens, conservation, Governor O'Malley, incentives, Maryland Eastern Shore, water quality, 0 We have a lot of chickens in Maryland. And, in fact, we humans are outnumbered 1,000 to 1 along...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , Agriculture and Environment, Agriculture, American Farmland Trust, Andrew McElwaine, conservation, environmental, Farm Bill, Grist, Heritage, Nathanael Johnson, Senate, Senator John Heinz, Ted Cruz, 0 By Brent Fewell Seems no one except special interest is happy with the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill passed today and...
, , Energy and Resource Extraction, Species Protection, Water Issues, Alabama, Apalachicola River, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, conservation, Dan Tonsmeire, Florida, Georgia, Governor Rick Scott, Gulf of Mexico, Lizette Alvarez, oysters, Scott Fewell, Tri-State Water Wars, 0 By Brent Fewell Thanks to my older brother, Scott, who forwarded the following story, A Fight Over Water, and to Save...
, , Climate Change, Energy and Resource Extraction, EPA, Water Issues, climate change, conservation, environmentalism, Gina McCarthy, Haida Salmon Project, ocean fertilizing, Russ George, Tracy Mehan, 0 A couple of months back I posted about a promising geoengineering development here, Save the Planet – plant a...
, , Species Protection, Wildlife Art, Aldo Leopold, Blue Lion Blog, conservation, John Mead, owl, wildlife, 0 “Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , 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...
, , Species Protection, conservation, Japanese Whaling, NRO, ocean, Paul Watson, Piracy, Sea Shepherd, tragedy of the commons, Wesley J. Smith, Whale Wars, wildlife, 1 By Brent Fewell Among my favorite reality shows is Animal Planet’s Whale Wars, starring the curmudgeonly captain, Paul Watson,...
, , 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...
, , Energy and Resource Extraction, Species Protection, conservation, Department of Interior, Sally Jewel, 0 By Brent Fewell POTUS’ new cabinet pick for Department of Interior, Sally Jewel, strikes me as a fantastic choice! Some...
, , 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,...
, , 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. ...
, , Climate Change, climate change, conservation, conservatism, Craig McLain, iron fertilization, ocean, Planktos, Russ George, water quality, 3 Two years ago, I reported on an experiment by a fascinating environmentalist and eco-entrepreneur, Russ George, and his pioneering...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, conservatism, Edmund Burke, environmental stewardship, Roger Scruton, 8 By Brent Fewell I’ve just finished a new book that is a must read for the political right (and...
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, The Environment and Politics, conservation, endangered species, Heritage, liberty, private property, 0 By Brent Fewell In a newly released article, The Heritage Foundation offers the following eight principles for conservation: People are the...
, , 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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