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Innovation in Wildlife Management
How Is a Wolverine Like a Spotted Owl?
Environmentalists using the Endangered Species Act for political purposes find a new mascot.
Federal Land Management Has Been Disastrous
In light of the Malheur standoff, the New York Times asked six contributors “should the government still own so much land in the West, and should its control over that land be reduced?”
Trust Alternatives for Range Resource Allocation
Multiple organizational forms shape range management today, and through a comparison of state, private, and federal lands in the US, this essay helps explain why trust land agencies are not more market-oriented stewards of the land and resources.
Banking on Endangered Species
How assigning property rights to protected species turned a landfill into a conservation bank.
Hatching a Better Plan for the Sage Grouse
Private landowners are the driving force behind sage grouse conservation.
The Lion in the Room
To protect lions and other endangered species, we must harness the tools of free market environmentalism to resolve human-wildlife conflict.
Property Rights to Fish
When it comes to protecting fisheries, not all property rights are created equal.
Fishing With Property Rights
ITQs eliminate the race-to-fish atmosphere plaguing fisheries. With a secure right to a specific amount of fish each year, each fisherman can focus on harvesting that amount of fish as inexpensively as possible and at a time when it should bring the highest value.
Indonesia Under Fire
Forest fires are raging across Southeast Asia, in what is being called “the biggest environmental crime of the twenty-first century.” A lack of property rights is partly to blame for the smoke and fires that plague the area.