Incentive payments to promote wild horse and burro adoptions will benefit the animals, our rangelands, and taxpayers.
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Property Rights Are For Everyone—Even American Prairie Reserve
To attack APR’s property rights — or to use state resources to formally rebuke the good-faith efforts of a law-abiding conservation organization — is to undermine the property rights of everyone.
Why Congress, Not the President, Should Lead on Environmental Protection
When Congress makes environmental decisions the outcome will likely reflect more consensus and compromise than when the executive branch decides.
Reining in the Wild Horse Crisis
RESEARCH INITIATIVE: Market-based solutions can help alleviate the wild horse crisis on western public lands.
EconTalk: Catherine Semcer on Poaching, Preserves, and African Wildlife
A podcast on the role of incentives in preserving wildlife in Africa.
Where the Buffalo Roam
Rewilding the American Serengeti.
Distributional Effects of Environmental Markets
A collection of papers exploring the role market design plays in the distributional consequences of the transition to market-based environmental protection.
Reducing Fire Risk While Protecting Environmental Values
Reducing forest fire risks requires market incentives and free enterprise.
Get Politics Out of Our Parks
Why now, more than ever, national parks need protection from Washington’s budget fights.
Parks Without Politics
RESEARCH INITIATIVE: National parks have never been more popular, but they need protection from Washington’s budget fights.