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Don’t Reject Trump’s Endangered Species Rules Outright
When it comes to endangered species policy, the question is not whether rules are more or less stringent, but whether they provide the incentives needed to recover species.
Endangered Species Recovery Requires Flexibility, Not Strict Regulations
Reverting to stringent regulations under the Endangered Species Act gets the incentives wrong for species recovery.
Cato Daily Podcast: How Markets Can Help Tackle the Wildfire Crisis
A podcast on the opportunity markets present to manage federal lands in a way that imposes fewer costs on the people who live near them.
A Strong Start for America the Beautiful
As a starting point, the preliminary principles of the America the Beautiful campaign focus on collaboration, voluntary efforts, incentives, local leadership, and honoring property rights.
When the Government Makes Wildfires Worse
Nudging people to dismiss risk by making it cheaper and easier for them to live in fire-prone areas helps no one.
How to Make America the Beautiful
The initial principles put forward by the Biden administration offer the opportunity to promote market-based environmentalism.
Reducing Wildfire Risk Requires Substantive Policy Changes
Engaging and diminishing the risk will require changes in how we govern and manage our forests.
Progress for the Bozeman Municipal Watershed Project
If the delays stemming from litigation can be reduced, the Forest Service can more easily do its job, stewarding resources we all use and enjoy.
Forest Health and Free Market Environmentalism
A podcast on the market’s role in fostering healthy forests.