It’s important that we maintain a backstop on extinction, but we also have to consider the incentives for recovery.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
The New Navigable Waters Protection Rule, Explained
The new rules maintain protection of many categories of waters but significantly reduce the range of protected wetlands.
As Fire Risks Rise, California Limits Insurers’ Ability to React
Policies intended to provide short term benefits to homeowners can increase the harms from increased fire risks by blunting the incentives that a free market would otherwise provide.
Greening Globalilzation
The loss of biodiversity is a top risk to the global economy. Reducing that risk depends on securing property rights and embracing free trade.
Preserving Yellowstone’s Majestic Migration
A podcast on the importance of Yellowstone’s wildlife migration and how we can help preserve it.
Happy (Late) Birthday, Aldo!
We are still far from harmony with the land. But today, less than a week after Leopold’s 133rd birthday, we can be sure he’d be proud of our progress.
Habitat Loss and the Great African Migration
A podcast on the future of Africa’s Great Migration
The Merits of Prevention
Simply pointing the finger at climate change will not prevent devastation during the next wildfire season.
Property Rights Can Help Address Environmental Justice Concerns
Constitutional protections for property rights, if enforced properly, can protect vulnerable communities and advance environmental justice.
Healthy Public Lands, Healthy Private Lands
“Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.”