I certainly have my differences with the Bush Administration over environmental policy, but former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall's claim that the administration has "not put forward a single positive new conservation concept" is simply false. See, for example, this speech by Assistant Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett on "Private Stewardship and Conservation Incentives." More broadly, the administration has sought to reintroduce notions of greater local control and the use of incentives in the place of coercive regulations to advance conservation. These approaches are promising, if underutilized and often ignored by some of the Administration's less inspiring environmental appointees. Of course, these approaches are also anathema to the D.C.-based environmental establishment, so it's no surprise that Udall ignores them.