PERC’s Jonathan Wood spoke with Cat Daily Podcast host Caleb Brown to discuss the Endangered Species Act’s achievements and failures in protecting and recovering species. For decades the Endangered Species Act has done a good job of preventing listed species from going extinct; however, the ESA has failed to fully recover many of those species. Changes to the law to help align private landowners incentives with these recovery goals may be the answer.
Jonathan Wood is vice president of law and policy at PERC, leading PERC’s Conservation Law and Policy Center.
Examining practical considerations for integrating conservation uses into existing trust land management frameworks.
This special issue contemplates big ideas for the next era of conservation.
Across America’s private lands, those who live closest to the wild both enjoy the beauty of it and carry the burden of sharing it. They also hold the key to its future.