One of the chief benefits of embracing free market environmentalism is that it will ensure conservation is more collaborative. Where … More
Category: Property Rights
Use it or lose it: sometimes, productive use of land is necessary to its conservation
The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a system of refuges straddling the California-Oregon border that are managed for … More
An antiquated California water law encourages political conflict rather than market transactions
California ski resorts are experiencing record snowfall this February, thanks to a storm system that has dropped an estimated 18 … More
Another downside to pervasive permitting: what happens when the government shuts down?
One of the lessons of the recent government shutdown (and expected near miss on a second one) is that there … More
Conservation through compromise or conflict: lessons from California’s Tejon Ranch
High Country News reports on a simmering conflict over the development of California’s Tejon Ranch, an area of the Sierra … More
Detroiters against free trees?
In 2014, a nonprofit tried to give thousands of trees to Detroit residents, but many declined the offer. A recent … More
Destabilizing property rights with a canoe paddle
In New York, navigable waterways are open to the public; all other waterways belong to the people whose land they … More
Prospecting for conservation: federal mining law encourages environmental conflict rather than free-market negotiation
After President Trump reduced the size of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, environmentalists feared the lands would be opened up … More
Environmental restoration requires better incentives
A driving force behind technological innovation and prosperity is “creative destruction.” Old enterprises and technologies are constantly replaced by new … More
How far upstream should federal regulation extend?
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published their proposed rewrite of the “waters of the United … More
