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Listing of Case Studies
Earth Day 1970 revisited
Earth Day 2012 recommended
April 2012 [PDF]
Vermont schools the nation in woody biomass heating
Case Study
December 2011 [PDF]
Funding Parks: Political versus Private Choices
Case Study
State parks often have their budgets cut when revenues are tight. Some parks are having success by hiring private companies to run the parks. They are efficient, good stewards of the resource, and customer-friendly.
August 2011 [PDF]
Saving African Rhinos: A Market Success Story
Case Study
African white rhinos have been saved from extinctionby private owners who used property rights and market incentives to restore the South African population of 20 in 1900 to more than 20,000 today.
August 2011 [PDF]
Colorado River Water Bank: Making Water Conservation Profitable
Case Study
Using a market based approach, urban areas in Colorado can buy water consumption rights from ranchers. This water banking approach is a cost-effective means to water conservation.
September 2010 [PDF]
Flint River Basin: Wireless Water for Biodiveristy
Case Study
In drought plagued southwestern Georgia, conservation groups paid farmers to save water for streams by employing more efficient irrigation and wireless technology to measure soil moisture.
September 2010 [PDF]
Entiat River Habitat Farming: Trading Fruit for Fish
Case Study
The Habitat Farming Enterprise Program may be able to restore three endangered and threatened fish species to the Columbia River where millions of dollars from government agencies and conservation groups have failed.
September 2010 [PDF]
Cheney Lake Watershed: Farming Water Quality in Kansas
Case Study
Kansas farmers have adopted land management practices that improve water quality for residents of Wichita and protect fish and wildlife habitat without harming agricultural production.
September 2010 [PDF]
Tapping Our Forests for
Green Energy
December 2009
Branching Out: Case Studies in Canadian Forest Management
Case Study
February 2006 [PDF]
Idaho's Harriman State Park - A Model for the Future?
Case Study
December 2002 [PDF]
