District of Conservation
Gabriella Hoffman
District of Conservation is a podcast highlighting the incredible conservationists who thrive and survive deep in or around "The Swamp." These are the policymakers, storytellers, trailblazers, and hardworking folks who go unnoticed but shape this region—whether they live or work here. In addition to guests, the podcast will also cover difficult and even controversial conservation public policy matters and news. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/district-of-conservation/support
- 10 minutes 49 secondsEP 530: UNESCO Targets Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
In Episode 530 of District of Conservation, Gabriella plays her new CFACT Conservation Country investigation into a Biden-Harris administration action to make Okefenokee Swamp a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tune in to learn more!
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Conservation Country EP 21: Save Okefenokee Swamp From UNESCO Control
Substack: Save Okefenokee Swamp From UNESCO Control
Climate Depot: Watch: Americans try to stop UN land grab in Georgia
11 December 2025, 5:14 am - 25 minutes 23 secondsEP 529: Animal Rights Groups Target NJ Fish & Game Council (ft. Assemblyman Mike Inganamort)
In Episode 529 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes on New Jersey Assemblyman Mike Inganamort to discuss NJ AB 6055 - a proposal to mandate three animal rights activists to serve on the state Fish and Game Council. This is a death by a thousand cuts move to reimagine state wildlife agencies. Learn how the state lawmaker plans to fight back and more on today's episode.
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NJ A6055: Revises Fish and Game Council membership.
Follow Assemblyman Inganamort on Facebook, Instagram, and X
8 December 2025, 6:56 pm - 15 minutes 43 secondsEP 528: Trump Admin Adopts America-First Fees at National Parks
In Episode 528 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses new Department of Interior changes to National Parks access--including America-First fees. Tune in to learn more!
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Department of the Interior Announces Modernized, More Affordable National Park Access
Updated: America the Beautiful Entrance Passes
National Parks to Charge International Visitors More to Pay Down Maintenance Backlog
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN COMMISSION
PERC: Happy to Pay
PERC: The Economics of AwePERC: How Overseas Visitors Can Help Steward Our National Parks
U.S. Travel Association: HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S. NATIONAL PARK VISITS BY OVERSEAS TRAVELERS
28 November 2025, 9:03 pm - 19 minutes 38 secondsEP 527: Affordability, Hawaii, & San Diego Zoo
In Episode 527 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses three updates: if climate policies deliver energy affordability, previewing her November 18th, 2025 energy abundance talk at University of Hawaii at Manoa, and how San Diego Zoo visits planted the seeds of her wildlife conservation policy journey. Tune in to learn more!
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Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula
East Coast Energy Radicals Who Campaigned On Affordability Set To Blow Up Utility Bills
Gavin Newsom: Democrats need to recast climate change as ‘affordability’ issue
Newsom pushes climate record abroad as Californians shoulder America’s highest gas costs
Newsom vows to block Trump’s reported energy plan in California, experts push back
Assessment of the Scope of Tasks to Completely Phase out Fossil Fuels in Hawaiʻi
University of Hawaii Speech Details
17 November 2025, 5:00 am - 40 minutes 43 secondsEP 526: The Greenland Mystique (ft. Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan)
In Episode 526 of District of Conservation, Gabriella speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan - author of the new book, So You Want to Own Greenland?: Lessons from the Vikings to Trump.
Elizabeth discusses her scholarship in polar affairs, what prompted her to write the book, if Greenland will ever be independent, the unearthed nuclear reactor at Camp Century, Greenland's vast critical mineral deposits, if energy, tourism, and Greenland ice cubes will boost the nation's standing.
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Follow Elizabeth on X & follow her work at Australian Strategic Policy Institute
So You Want to Own Greenland?: Lessons from the Vikings to Trump
US Flexes Arctic Air Power in Greenland
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE
10 November 2025, 5:00 am - 27 minutes 34 secondsEP 525: Consumer-Regulated Electricity (ft. Travis Fisher of Cato Institute)
In Episode 525 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Travis Fisher - director of energy and environmental policy studies at the Cato Institute. Travis discusses his role at Cato Institute, why energy abundance is having a moment, Bill Gates disavowing climate doomerism, challenging the 2009 EPA endangerment finding, if AI data centers are responsible for rising electricity demand, consumer-regulated electricity, and much more. Tune in!
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Follow Travis on X and Cato Institute
The Fishtank: Free-Market Insights on Energy Policy
Cato Institute: The Budgetary Cost of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Subsidies
The Simon Abundance Index 2025
A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity
3 November 2025, 5:00 am - 22 minutes 23 secondsEP 524: Bill Gates Disavows Climate Alarmism
In Episode 524 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses Bill Gates disavowing the climate crisis narrative. Tune in to learn more!
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Gates Notes: Three tough truths about climate
Bill Gates realizes this is a 'dead end,' argues editor
Why Did Bill Gates Give A Talk With A Jar Of Human Poop By His Side?
Bill Gates says fake meat products will 'eventually' be 'very good'
31 October 2025, 6:15 pm - 23 minutes 22 secondsEP 523: Trump Admin Defeats UN Carbon Shipping Tax
In Episode 523 of District of Conservation, Gabriella previews her new IW energy abundance report and how the Trump administration secured a victory blocking the International Maritime Organization (IMO) vote to adopt a global net-zero shipping framework. Tune in to learn more!
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Independent Women Report on Energy Abundance
Washington Examiner: Energy abundance, not net zero, will lower electricity prices
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Substack: Trump Administration Stops United Nations Carbon Tax
BBC: Landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions in tatters after US pressure
Substack: IMO members choose between the U.S. and the deep blue sea
20 October 2025, 2:00 pm - 23 minutes 40 secondsEP 522: Virginia is for Reliable Energy Lovers (ft. Julianne Szyper)
In Episode 522 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Julianne Szyper - deputy director of Virginia Department of Energy. Julianne discusses her role at the agency, VDOE's top priorities, the Youngkin administration's energy goals, supercharging nuclear fission and fusion, and much more. Tune in to learn more!
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Learn more about Virginia Department of Energy
Virginia Tech to lead $10 million critical mineral research coalition in Appalachia
Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia
13 October 2025, 4:00 am - 28 minutes 8 secondsEP 521: Permitting Reform & Vortex Optics HQ
In Episode 521 of District of Conservation, Gabriella recaps her trip to Wisconsin, where she spoke at a permitting reform roundtable with Congressmen Tiffany and Wied, nuclear engineer and Miss America 2023, and others.
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Independent Women Champions American Energy Abundance at Wisconsin Permitting Reform Roundtable
ICYMI: Reps. Tiffany and Wied Join AFP-WI Roundtable on Federal Permitting Reform
30 September 2025, 1:14 am - 31 minutes 40 secondsEP 520: President Trump Torches Climate Alarmists at UN General Assembly (ft. Energy Bad Boys)
In Episode 520 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back Energy Bad Boys Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling. They discuss Rahm Emanuel's WSJ op-ed blaming Trump and his One Big Beautiful Bill for raising energy prices, why electricity prices are high, why renewables invited an energy crisis in New Jersey and elsewhere, if renewables are being mass adopted into the U.S. grid, and reaction to President Trump's climate remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City from this morning. Tune in!
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WSJ: Rising Electricity Price? Thank Trump
23 September 2025, 7:35 pm - More Episodes? Get the App