How rights-based fishing policies can reduce the costly and destructive race to fish.
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Why is the West Always Burning Down?
June 26, 2002 By Linda Platts and Holly Lippke Fretwell BOZEMAN, Mont. – A journalist from an eastern newspaper called our offices in Bozeman, Montana, last week to ask “Why is the West always burning down?” For those of us who live here, it is an exasperating question because we already know the answer. TheContinue reading “Why is the West Always Burning Down?”
Community Forestry in India and Nepal
After years of national control, governments allow local people to share the resource.
Why did the Greens Win?
Five people share their views. Free market environmentalists wonder why their message sometimes falls on deaf ears.
How the Milesnicks Found Markets
As fishers flocked to their trout streams, a Montana ranch family discovered how to spur cooperation.
The Fires this Time
It’s fire season again. The blazes signify deeper problems at the Forest Service.
Trading in Trash
If congressional efforts to curtail interstate trash disposal succeed, costs will go up.
Government vs. Environment
Contrary to popular belief, government is not the ultimate protector of the environment.
Bottled Icebergs
On a hot summer’s day, you can’t beat a tall glass of ice water to cool things off. In the far northern regions of Canada, the people of Nunavut are hoping that a glass of iceberg water might be even better. The plan is to harvest icebergs that have calved off nearby glaciers, melt them,Continue reading “Bottled Icebergs”
Life After Poaching
In Brazil, some of the country’s most notorious wildlife poachers have abandoned their illegal trade and joined conservation organizations to preserve the very animals they once exploited. The turnaround was not necessarily inspired by some spiritual revelation, but rather by the long arm of the law. A flourishing international market in exotic pets made theContinue reading “Life After Poaching”