All Research:
Water Conservation
Environmental Restoration Requires Better Incentives
A property-based approach and incentives top regulation to entice environmentally friendly practices when destruction began years ago.
Zinke Rides On
Controversy aside, he enacted several real reforms.
How Far Upstream Should Federal Regulation Extend?
Clear rules and market incentives go a long way to distinguish between pollution and land use and their effects on clean water.
A Permit Runs Through It
Oregon ranchers who set out to restore streams in Silvies Valley find regulatory purgatory.
Brewing Water Conservation in the West
A new market in Arizona shows how small innovations can help conserve water in the West—and why many more will be needed in the Colorado River Basin.
Cleaning the Commons
A property rights solution to cleaning up the ocean could position plastic as it’s own potential venture.
Property Rights Can Resolve Conflict over Chesapeake Bay Oysters
A market solution that could restore oyster populations and water quality in the Chesapeake.
Are Invasive Species a Menace or a Blessing? It Depends.
The signal generated by property rights and markets help to identify which invasive species are valued and which are seen as a menace.
Investing in Wildfire Risk Reduction
Investors think they can make money reducing wildfire risk. A forest restoration project in Tahoe National Forest puts this idea into practice.