Research
Reports
Wolves in Washington State
Non-lethal management approaches and expanded compensation plans can enhance wolf conservation and limit human-wildlife conflict.
Prospecting for Pollution: The Need for Better Incentives to Clean Up Abandoned Mines
Because abandoned mines generate substantial environmental harms, it is critical to remove regulatory disincentives to clean-up efforts and to replace them with positive incentives.
How We Pay to Play: Funding Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands in the 21st Century
If the enthusiasm for enjoying public lands can be better channeled into user-funded mechanisms that support the maintenance and improvement of them, then outdoor recreationists of all stripes would have much to gain.
Property in Ecology
A new collection of papers on the role of property rights to ecological resources in environmental protection.
What Went Wrong With WOTUS: Reflections on Economic Valuation and Environmental Regulation
Economic analysis will be most useful if it helps us prioritize our challenges, rather than being used as a rubber stamp to endorse environmental regulation.
Distributional Effects of Environmental Markets
A collection of papers exploring the role market design plays in the distributional consequences of the transition to market-based environmental protection.
Conflict to Cooperation: Collaborative Management of Federal Lands in Michigan
Collaborative management approaches to federal land management in Michigan could help reduce conflicts across the state and lead to improved environmental outcomes.
The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Conflict-Mineral Regulation
While conflict-mineral measures in the Dodd-Frank Act may have reduced militia funding, the evidence suggests that they had the unintended effect of increasing human suffering.
The Road to Recovery
How restoring the Endangered Species Act’s two-step process can prevent extinction and promote recovery.