Wildfires are made worse by the failure to foresee the unintended consequences of environmental decisions

As fires continue to rage in California, more people are asking why extreme wildfires are seemingly more common than they … More

Environmental bureaucracy undermines the trust needed to promote conservation

Trust is important, especially so for conservation. Successful conservation depends on the collaboration of many people: environmentalists, scientists, property owners, … More

Trophy hunting decision highlights the most important and rarely asked conservation question

Update: The Trump administration has announced that it is extending the ban to all African countries, substantially expanding the prior … More

Matching the Endangered Species Act’s incentives with its ethics

It looks increasingly likely that Congress will attempt to overhaul the Endangered Species Act next year. Rob Bishop, chairman of … More

Even if you don’t think hunting is pretty, it’s an effective conservation tool

I am not the person you’d expect to be an outspoken supporter of hunting as a conservation tool. I’ve been … More

Protecting the environment does not require us to abandon the rule of law

This week, briefing began in WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of Justice, a case of critical importance to anyone concerned about … More

Historic preservation laws lead to deterioration, so does involuntary conservation

In Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, local activists succeeded in stopping the development of a mixed-use (residential & commercial) development … More