What if, instead of battling about the costs of environmental regulations in the political arena and the courts, property owners and environmental groups treated their differences as an opportunity for arbitrage?

Whether regulation generally—and environmental regulation, in particular—imposes significant burdens on property owners and other regulated parties is sharply contested. The … More

Yes, the Endangered Species Act prevents extinction. But why don’t we recover more species?

45 years after the Endangered Species Act was enacted, it is as popular and as controversial as ever. Its popularity … More

By issuing permits allowing counties to resume implementing Utah’s plan to protect prairie dogs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chooses cooperation over conflict to protect species

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued permits to several counties in Southwestern Utah allowing them to resume … More

The elephant trophy ban that wasn’t: after dizzying flip-flops, will the US continue to support hunting-based conservation programs?

Although the Endangered Species Act generally forbids the hunting of rare species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can permit … More

How much would you pay to protect endangered species? Let environmentalists chip in to expedite the process of listing species under the Endangered Species Act

Voluntary conservation to the gopher tortoise’s rescue

So many environmental issues lead to conflict that it’s easy to think that such conflict is inevitable. But it needn’t … 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

Can federalism’s flexibility recover endangered species?

The federal Endangered Species Act has generated a lot of conflict over the last 44 years, but has little to … More