1.   And the Warden Service wanted to talk to him, not to mention the land use boys and the local conservation commission.

2.   A party in the case would first have to seek a rehearing by the conservation commission.

3.   But Barry McBee, chairman of the conservation commission, said Austin and San Antonio should have the option of moving as quickly as possible.

4.   But leaders of environmental groups, who were precluded from speaking because they submitted comments earlier, said the conservation commission was getting a distorted view of public opinion.

5.   But the county has failed to administer the program for years, leaving that task to the conservation commission, which cannot keep up.

6.   But the mere thought of cutting down some trees to keep things really open is apparently beyond the nerve of conservation commissions or the tolerance of the sub-burghers.

7.   But some activists and three cities in East Texas urged the conservation commission to ban the use of an additive, called MTBE, to produce cleaner fuels.

8.   Dan Pearson, then the executive director of the conservation commission, concluded in a January letter to the development board that this did not constitute a nuisance.

9.   He held that post before his appointment to the conservation commission.

10.   He was a longtime member of the planning board and conservation commission in East Bridgewater, Mass., where he resided.