Bad forest management is at the root of the conflagrations.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Improving America’s Ecological Security Requires Public-Private Partnerships
Efforts like the 30 by 30 initiative have the best chance of delivering the kind of conservation America needs when the government engages with the private sector as an equal partner.
Property Rights are Fundamental to a Free Society—and to Conservation
An attack on conservationists’ rights threaten protections for all of us and to further politicize the environment.
How Economics Can be Applied to the Environment
A podcast on the many economic lessons that can be applied to improve conservation outcomes.
President Biden’s Eco-Moonshot Should Use Markets, Not Mandates
The Biden administration should come out strongly against the use of regulations or restrictive designations on private lands to reach its target of 30 by 30.
Free Market Environmentalism and the Tragedy of the Commons
A podcast on the role of markets in producing good environmental outcomes.
Oral Testimony Before the Montana House Committee on Fish, Wildlife, and Parks in Support of H.B. 505
Expanding landowner hunting tag opportunities is one potential tool that would help offset the costs of elk, make them less of a liability, and promote tolerance and habitat conservation.
Free Market Environmentalism vs. Political Environmentalism
A podcast comparing the merits and shortcomings of different approaches to addressing environmental challenges.
Fee Increases Are Good for the Custer Gallatin
Through user fees we have the opportunity to directly support our local cabins and campgrounds, boat launches, and trail systems.
A Rare Point of Bipartisan Agreement on Reducing Bureaucracy
A proposed Endangered Species Act reform may represent a point of agreement across presidential administrations.