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From the Editor
• Enviropreneurs get the job done
  by Laura Huggins

Features
• Squeezing profits from endangered species
  A savvy new breed of capitalist is using incentives such as mitigation credits to protect critical habitat and earn profits.
  by James G. Workman
• The secret life of trees: How pens are preserving old-growth forests
  Pens from old-growth forests preserve the forest as well as its history.
  by Shawn Regan
• The underwater enviropreneur
  Enviropreneur Brett Howell is developing a market for coral reef restoration off of Florida's coast.
  by Reed Watson
• Where free markets meet faith
  GreenFaith combines free-market and faith-based principles on the environment.
  by Paul Schwennsen

Columns
• On Target
  Environmental Luddites
  Luddites can thwart even the best enviropreneurs; they see solutions as problems.
  by Terry Anderson
• Tangents
  Bye, bye bison
  Just as the market brought the bison to near extinction, so too has it brought them back from the brink.
  by Daniel Benjamin

Perspectives
• In Review
  The ark in dry dock
  Retooling the Endangered Species Act
  by G. Tracy Mehan III
• Greener Pastures
  – Nature's styrofoam
  Enviropreneurs grow protective foam packaging.
  – Predator free possums meet CO2 powered piston
  Fashion designers help rid New Zealand of 30 million destructive, non-native possums.
  – The mobile bazaar: connecting farmers to markets
  Cell phones help remote farmers in India to maximize their profits at market.
  by Linda Platts

Q&A - PERC Reports
• Q&A with Michael Higuera on Enviropreneurship and Land Conservation
  Enviropreneurship and land conservation.
• Q & A with Shira Kronich on Peace Building through Wastewater Treatment
  Israelis and Palestinians are building peace through wastewater treatment.
• Q & A with Kelly Sands Siragusa on Conservation Banking

Perspectives
• On the Lookout
  California's redevelopment nightmare coming to an end
  Redevelopment agencies are thought to have abused eminent domain and violated private property rights.