The Clean Water Act forbids the “discharge” of “pollutants” into “navigable waters.” But none of those terms are interpreted as an ordinary person would.
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Can the Government Use Tax Foreclosures to Destroy Conservation Easements Without Compensation?
If tax foreclosure could destroy innocent easement owners’ property, conservation easements could be especially vulnerable.
The Role of Working Lands in Providing Public Conservation Benefits
Too often, government policies that aim to conserve environmental resources counterproductively discourage conservation on working lands. It is essential that landowners maintain authority over their working lands so that conservation efforts can prosper.
Historic Preservation Laws Lead to Deterioration, so Does Involuntary Conservation
Free market environmentalism treats the environment as an asset, rather than a liability, creating the incentives that make protection and restoration possible.
Give Tribes Real Authority in Bears Ears National Monument
It’s time for Congress to act to provide meaningful co-management of Bears Ears to Native Americans.
Can Federalism’s Flexibility Recover Endangered Species?
The Endangered Species Act creates lots of work for lawyers and bureaucrats, but measured by the criteria it announces as the goal—recovering species—it hasn’t worked.
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Policy Changes Needed
The question of how to manage wildfires is a hot one as fire can be both constructive and destructive.
Kill Regulations to Save the Sage Grouse
Driving ranchers out of business could lead to habitat loss for the very bird the rules are designed to protect.
Science Supports Removing Grizzly Bear Endangered Species Protection
Is the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act scientifically or politically based?
Who Should Pay for Scenic Rivers?
Riverside riparian areas: public benefit vs. private burden