California experienced two of its worst wildfire seasons in 2017 and 2018. Deadly fires shook several communities, while also marring…
Markets for clean water
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency published a memo encouraging states, tribes, and local governments to look to markets for…
What makes conservation “collaborative”?
One of the chief benefits of embracing free market environmentalism is that it will ensure conservation is more collaborative. Where…
Bureaucratic overhead: what share of species’ funding should go to red tape?
This week, more than 200 organizations signed on to a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Detroiters against free trees?
In 2014, a nonprofit tried to give thousands of trees to Detroit residents, but many declined the offer. A recent…
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…
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