As wildfires get bigger and more costly, federal policies aren’t helping.
Author Archives: tatewatkins
A Prairie Home Invasion
The federal government should embrace state experimentation to protect the Utah prairie dog and other endangered species.
Murky Water
An update on the ongoing quest to define the “waters of the United States.“
Transforming the Department of the Interior for the Twenty-First Century
PERC testifies before House Natural Resources Subcommittee regarding the challenges facing the Interior Department.
Environmental Bureaucracy Undermines the Trust Needed to Promote Conservation
The biggest consequences of eroded trust fall on the environment itself.
Easements for Endangered Species
A collaborative approach to the lesser prairie chicken shows how a wide variety of groups can come together to protect at-risk species.
Leave No Trace?
It’s time for outdoor recreationists to put their money where their footprints are.
We’re Not Paying Our Fair Share to Visit National Parks
If our parks, forests, and wilderness areas are truly national treasures, then outdoor recreationists should have no qualms paying to support them.
Trophy-Hunting Decision Highlights the Most Important and Rarely Asked Conservation Question
Trophy hunting remains an effective way to create incentives to deter poaching.
Matching the Endangered Species Act’s Incentives With Its Ethics
Sticks can be effective at discouraging activity, but spurring action requires a carrot.