[…] for a 644-acre state grazing lease in a riparian area that had been damaged by cattle grazing. Once they obtained the lease, the Guardians removed livestock and planted willows and other vegetation along the stream banks to provide wildlife habitat. Environmental groups in the West are leasing water from ranchers who would otherwise use […]
[…] out of the idea known as βhabitat conservationβ which has already shown promise in pilot programs in places like Austin, Texas, and coastal Southern California. A recent study led by Peter Kareiva of the University of Washington concluded that most such plans are scientifically sound. Over the last five years, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt […]
[…] motor oil McCrory poured into the water. Human hair adsorbs, rather than absorbs, oil. In other words, the oil does not bond with the hair and can easily be removed and reused. Researchers at the flight center believe McCroryβs method has potential uses for NASA and other government agencies. Preliminary tests show that McCroryβs […]
Unless you are well into middle age or were a precocious student, you probably have little memory of the United States without the Environmental Protection Agency and the host of federal statutes it implements.
The tiger, which once ranged throughout Asia, faces extinction in the wild. The only way to save it is to provide incentives that make people who live near tigers want to conserve them, says Michael 't Sas-Rolfes.
[…] are fundamentally property rights issues. This volume provides an overview of property rights and the environment and extends the research frontier on numerous ownership issues. From a study of community efforts to solve the problem of the commons to lessons from experimental economics, the authors discuss a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues. […]
There are areas of common ground between traditional environmentalists and classical liberals, such as protecting rights and protecting ecosystems.
The 1872 Mining Law, which governs the transfer of rights to mine gold, silver, copper, uranium and other hardrock minerals from federal lands, is the subject of continuing and sometimes rancorous controversy.
[…] are generally receptive to my approach. Itβs mostly the bureaucrats in Washington who are resisting the market approach. Terry Anderson joins Hoover in January 1998. He has recently edited one book of environmental essays and will continue to study environmental affairs while at the Institution. This article appeared in the Stanford Review, October 21, 1997.
[…] and Donald R. Leal Enviro-Capitalists persuasively demonstrates why Americans should turn to entrepreneurs in the private sector rather than the federal government to guarantee protection and improvement of environmental quality. This book provides numerous examples of entrepreneurial approaches that emphasize using markets and private property rights to protect amenity values in water, land, and […]