To encourage more species recovery, we need to acknowledge and reward successes

Last month, a federal court ordered the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem population of grizzly bears put back on the endangered species…

What are “reasonable efforts” to restore habitat? Supreme Court argument highlights the importance of who pays to recover endangered species

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…

Transaction costs matter

Will Harris, a free-range chicken farmer in Georgia, recently learned first hand the importance of transaction costs. In the last…

Markets don’t only distribute resources; they also allow consumers to express environmental values

Most people appreciate that markets are effective at distributing resources. But they also help to generate information and let people…

Can states inject more local knowledge into water permitting?

Many federal environmental laws seek to leverage local knowledge by inviting states and local governments to participate in the federal…

When parks are too popular for their own good

Point Lobos, known as the “crown jewel” of California’s state park system, is wildly popular with the local Monterrey residents…

Building a groundwater market from the bottom up

California epitomizes the adage, often attributed to Mark Twain, that “whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting over.” Even…

Beach access: opportunity for compromise or recipe for conflict?

Summertime means longer days and, for many families, a trip to a little slice of paradise: the beach. Most flock…

Property owners for regulation?

With endangered species reform getting some much deserved attention, it is a happy coincidence that the Supreme Court will soon…

Lesser prairie chicken continues to recover thanks to collaborative conservation. Could such efforts soon help more species?

The lesser prairie chicken, a species of grouse found in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, continues to recover…