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About admin

I’m a writer, speaker, and consultant. I have written two books—Gardeners of Eden, Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature and Beyond the Rangeland Conflict, Toward a West That Works, contributed articles and editorials to a variety of magazines and newspapers, and given hundreds of presentations across the West. My first book, Beyond the Rangeland Conflict, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Gardeners of Eden, was described as “the most important environmental manifesto since Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic.” I’m an unlikely candidate to be the originator of a conservative environmentalism. I’ve been an environmental activist since the early 1970s, a fairly radical one, actually. I started out fighting coal surface mines in southeastern Ohio. Then I moved to Arizona where I worked to designate wilderness, fought to increase protection for mountain lions and black bears, and helped initiate a campaign to ban uranium mining in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon. My involvement in that latter campaign included helping to organize some of the first direct actions of Earth First!. In 1992 I was designated one of the 100 top grass roots activists in the United States by the Sierra Club.

KOWBOY KUMBAYA

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

You’ve heard it a million times. You’ve probably said it yourself… If we could just stop fighting and work together, things would be so much easier. There would be so much less hate and strife and arguing…… Or, why don’t … Continue reading →

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DO THE WRONG THING

Posted on January 6, 2012 by admin

REMOVING THE LIBERAL BLINDFOLD With the political pendulum swinging to the right, conservative victory is likely in the upcoming election. Some say this rightward swing is so pronounced that conservative ascendancy in federal and state government is likely, perhaps, for … Continue reading →

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NATURE’S WAY TO PEACE

Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin

PEACE AMONG LIONS As I have said before on The Right Way To Be Green, one of the things we do on this blog is learn from Nature. From that you might assume that what you stand to learn in … Continue reading →

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NOTE FROM BLOGGER (DAN DAGGET)

Posted on October 1, 2011 by admin

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. I’ve been traveling in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. Most of my time was spent in National Parks — Glacier, Yellowstone, and the Grand Tetons (see above). — I do like … Continue reading →

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HEALING THE EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE

Posted on July 11, 2011 by admin

FIRE ERASER On July 10, 2011, The Wallow Fire, the largest in Arizona history having burned roughly 540,000 acres, was declared contained.

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EAT MEAT, SAVE THE PLANET

Posted on June 10, 2011 by admin

Every time some overinflated Hollywood celeb or irrelevant British royal says we all have to become vegetarians to save the planet, I think about how rarely I’ve seen wildlife in a vegetable field. No elk, no pronghorn, certainly no mountain … Continue reading →

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IS NATURE LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?

Posted on May 19, 2011 by admin

Why does Nature respond so much more positively to Conservative Environmentalism than to Liberal Environmentalism?  Because Nature has so much more in common with conservatism. How so? Nature operates according to conservative principles. The systems by which Nature functions — … Continue reading →

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TWO QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING ABOUT LIBERAL ENVIRONMENTALISM

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin

After reading in this blog about Liberal Environmentalist policies that: 1. Exterminated a “Threatened” fish those policies were alleged to save. 2. Attempted to cover up mistake #1 by poisoning an entire stream killing all living things in it, including … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER AMAZING ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

AND ANOTHER SKELETON IN LIBERAL ENVIRONMENTALISM’S CLOSET CONSERVATIVE ENVIRONMENTALISM READ THE STORY BELOW   The Gila River in New Mexico after a devastating flood   Same place after restoration WHAT HAPPENED?! While I’m asking whether Conservative Environmentalism or Liberal Environmentalism … Continue reading →

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CONSERVATIVE ENVIRONMENTALISM:

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin

THE MOST AMAZING ECOSYSTEM RESTORATIONS EVER HERE THEY ARE! ALL ACHIEVED BY USING THE LAND, NOT BY PROTECTING IT!                   The photo sequence above was taken at a gold mine in central … Continue reading →

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