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Innovation in Wildlife Management
When the Endangered Species Act Threatens Wildlife
In the Wall Street Journal, Terry Anderson examines how landowners have managed wildlife habitat under the ESA and suggests heavy-handed enforcement has discouraged private conservation efforts.
Why Ducks Quack for Obama
The boom in gun sales has created a revenue gusher for wildlife restoration.
Raiding and Trading in the American West
Cliven Bundy’s battle was born out of a broken system that encourages conflict, not negotiation.
The Ocean’s Offshore Enviropreneurs
An upwelling of PERC-trained innovators quietly replenish the sea.
A Peaceable Solution for the Range War Over Grazing Rights
When environmental groups buy ranchers’ permits, there’s no need for the feds to start rustling up trouble.
Learning How to Fish
Ending the tragedy of the oceans: How property rights can save the world’s fisheries.
Voices of Montana: PERC
Listen as Aaron Flint of “Voices of Montana” talks with Reed Watson, P.J. Hill, Shawn Regan, and Laura Huggins about free market environmentalism.
Bringing Bison Back to the Badlands
The Park Service wants another large buffalo herd in the Great Plains, which would advance the Department of the Interior’s Bison Conservation Initiative. In what may be a huge opportunity for the Oglala Sioux, a Tribal National Park is emerging in South Dakota—the first of its kind.
Can Congress Learn to Fish?
Many environmental problems are exaggerated. The threats facing marine fisheries, however, are quite real. There is a growing consensus among fishery experts that greater reliance on private-property rights can prevent overfishing and ensure sustainability.