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When federal regulations stymie efforts to recover formerly endangered species

One of the recurring conflicts under the Endangered Species Act is at what point a species should be delisted. If … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA 4(d), ESA reform, free market environmentalism, gray wolf, libertarian environmentalism

Conserving habitat requires better incentives, not more regulatory mandates

Loss of habitat is one of the chief threats to endangered and threatened species. Consequently, the Endangered Species Act provides … More

Critical Habitat, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA reform, free market environmentalism, habitat, habitat conservation, libertarian environmentalism, Modernize the Endangered Species Act

Recovering endangered wolves means addressing impacts on communities and landowners

In 1976, the last wild Mexican wolves were captured and put into a captive breeding program. Over the last half-century, … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA reform, experimental populations, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican gray wolves, Mexican wolf, Mexican wolves

Government lawyer in grizzly hearing: “I can almost guarantee” we’ll be here again.

After decades of work by federal biologists, state wildlife agencies, landowners, and conservation groups, the grizzly bears in and around … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly, grizzly, threatened species, Yellowstone

Endangered species bear the costs of bad incentives

The Endangered Species Act imposes significant regulatory burdens on anyone who owns land where endangered and threatened species or their … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA reform, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, species recovery

Will sea otters soon be returned to San Francisco bay?

California sea otters have come a long way from the 50-member population discovered off Big Sur in the early 1900s, … More

california, california sea otter, conservation, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, sea otter, southern sea otter, trade-offs, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Insuring a future for apex predators

Where wildlife poses risks to those who live and work near them, people predictably take steps to reduce their liability. … More

endangered species, free market environmentalism, insurance, libertarian environmentalism, Property Rights, snow leopard, wildlife, wildlife insurance

This Endangered Species Day, we should celebrate species’ recovery and imagine innovative ways to encourage more recoveries

Today is the thirteenth Endangered Species Day, a day marked by Congress to celebrate the efforts of a wide variety … More

conservation, endangered species, ESA, free market environmentalism, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly, grizzly, libertarian environmentalism, species recovery, Yellowstone

A bug’s life: the American burying beetle’s recovery should be a cause for celebration, not alarm

Should a species’ improvement be a cause for celebration or concern? That question is posed by the response to this … More

4(d), American burying beetle, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA 4(d), free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, threatened species

What makes conservation “collaborative”?

One of the chief benefits of embracing free market environmentalism is that it will ensure conservation is more collaborative. Where … More

collaborative conservation, endangered species, free market environmentalism, greater sage grouse, incentives, libertarian environmentalism, sage grouse, voluntary conservation

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