[…] Forum. Main Points The Endangered Species Act has, to its credit, been effective at avoiding extinctions but it has fallen short in meeting the lawโs ultimate goal of recovering species. Achieving this goal will require reforms that improve incentives for private landowners to restore habitat and undertake other recovery efforts. It will also require […]
[…] and electrocution accounted for more than half of anthropogenic hatchling-year deaths but only about a quarter of anthropogenic adult mortality between 1997 and 2013, based on a study of tagged golden eagles. Overall mortality from collisionโwhich includes collisions with anything, not necessarily a wind turbineโand electrocution, typically from contact with electricity transmission lines, were […]
If Congress can work with the Forest Service to make reforms that promote collaboration instead of conflict and increase partnership opportunities, forest managers can make true progress to fix Americaโs forests.
One way or another, people there will need to use less water.
Many public forests in need of restoration are overgrown with small timber. These resources hold tremendous valueโif innovative markets can put them to use.
Examples of free market environmentalism and creative conservation from around the world.
New research provides the most comprehensive analysis of NEPA’s impact on wildfire mitigation.
[…] unlikely that the Forest Service will be able to achieve its goal of treating an additional 20 million acres over the next 10 years. Click here to download the full report. Report Summary Wildfires are burning record numbers of acres in the western United States each year. More than 10 million acres burned nationwide […]
The conservation of intact, healthy ecosystems is the first line of defense against the spillover of zoonotic diseases.
[…] forest and destroyed the owl habitat that the outside groups were claiming to protect. Under the status quo, resources are not efficiently spent on the ground. Regulatory planning processes and permittingโmost notably the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)โcan take years for a single forest restoration project. Litigation brought by outside groups opposed to active […]