As summer draws to a close, Home Depot stores across the nation are flooded with eager customers loading their carts with lumber, tile, and paint as they rush to complete home improvement projects. It is a far different scene than that of the late 1990s when angry protesters picketed hundreds of stores belonging to theContinue reading “The Greening of Home Depot”
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Goats to the Rescue
The Rio Grande’s cottonwood forest is overgrown with water-sucking, firefueling salt cedar and other invasive weeds. To clear the bosque, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District in New Mexico is hiring up to 1,000 goats to munch their way through the unwanted vegetation and preserve both the cottonwoods and the water flow. Goats have alreadyContinue reading “Goats to the Rescue”
Shrimp Move Inland
Enviropreneur David MacMahon, founder of OceanBoy Shrimp Farms, is paving the way for a more environmentally conscientious shrimping industry.
Shootout Aids Texas Wildlife
The South Texas Wildlife Shootout is helping preserve wildlife habitat on private land and educating the public about the unique wildlife in the region. Sponsored by the Valley Land Fund in McAllen, Texas, the shootout is one of the largest and richest wildlife photography contests in the nation, offering top prizes ranging from $15,000 toContinue reading “Shootout Aids Texas Wildlife”
Why our politicized parks suffer
Detroit NewsJuly 18, 2004 By Thomas Bray It’s summertime, and while the political elites are tuning up their fog machines in anticipation of the major party conventions, most Americans are trying to get away from it all. For millions, that means a trip to a national park for a glimpse of the fabled American wilderness.Continue reading “Why our politicized parks suffer”
Decamping Politics From Public Lands
Tacoma News TribuneJuly 4, 2004 By J. Bishop Grewell When a Western Republican senator and the head of the Sierra Club share sound bites, alarms should ring. Currently, just such a duo is undermining one of the most successful initiatives we have seen on our public lands. The two men oppose the congressionally initiated FeeContinue reading “Decamping Politics From Public Lands”
Economic success, ingenuity a recipe for a better environment
Rocky Mountain NewsJuly 3, 2004 By Terry L. Anderson Dip into the current environmental news, American’s most reliable river of hysteria. Just this month, the Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition is fretting that the Bush administration is “spurning science.” The Sierra Club asks if we “really want bulldozers in our national forests.” And Greenpeace imaginesContinue reading “Economic success, ingenuity a recipe for a better environment”
The Private and Public Economics of Land Trusts
North Carolina State Economist July/August 2004 By Dominic P. Parker and Walter N. Thurman As people become increasingly concerned about the effects of urbanization on their quality of life, the land conservation movement has moved to center stage. Land trusts are key actors in the movement and their influence is rapidly expanding. Almost 1,300 landContinue reading “The Private and Public Economics of Land Trusts”
Conserving Biodiversity through Markets: A Better Approach
What is the best way to preserve species-rich tropical habitats? During the past two decades, international conservation groups have attempted to save habitats by combining conservation with development.
The Wealth of Indian Nations
Hoover Digest 2004 No.3 Summer It is said that a rising tide raises all boats, but that has not been true for American Indians. Despite recent growth partly due to gambling, per capita income for Native Americans living on reservations in 1999 was $7,846 compared to a U.S. average of $27,880. This puts reservation IndiansContinue reading “The Wealth of Indian Nations”