Cato Daily Podcast: Why Won’t the Feds Acknowledge that the Gray Wolf is Recovered?
Jonathan WoodA podcast on the gray wolf's recovery and the challenge of species delisting.
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Jonathan Wood is a PERC research fellow and an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, where he litigates environmental, property-rights, and constitutional cases. Wood is the author of six law review articles on endangered species, federal lands, and other environmental issues, as well as dozens of articles for the popular press, including pieces for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and National Review. His interest in free market environmentalism stems from studying Namibia’s conservancy program while pursuing a masters’ degree from the London School of Economics prior to attending law school at the NYU School of Law.
A podcast on the gray wolf's recovery and the challenge of species delisting.
Maintaining a realistic offramp from the Endangered Species Act is essential to spurring long-term recovery efforts.
While the monarch’s plight is cause for alarm, that the species has not been formally listed may not be.
Recovering endangered and threatened species ultimately depends on broader reforms that respect property rights and provide the right incentives to private landowners.
Wildfires engulf the West year after year. Private partners have shown they’re willing to fund projects that reduce fire risks—as long as regulation and litigation don’t snuff them out.
Conservation pursued through markets and property rights is protected from shifting political winds.