We must find ways to increase government accountability, reduce regulatory obstacles to active management, and bring private ingenuity and resources to bear on the problem.
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A Private Solution to Wildfire Risk
As wildfire response and wildfire suppression engulf more of the USFS’s already strained budget, private solutions can offer quick and decisive answers.
Recognizing Private Lands for their Public Benefits
Amid growing public interest in the future of elk populations in the West, the essential role of ranchers and other landowners must gain recognition.
Manage Forests for Timber, Not Tinder
Timber harvesting can reduce catastrophic wildfire risk and provide a stream of sustainable material for green construction.
Water Markets Can Rescue the Great Salt Lake
By recognizing water conservation as a beneficial use, Utah can promote cooperation that can help restore the Great Salt Lake.
Markets, Not Ill-Fitting Regulatory Mandates, Are the Solution to Bycatch
Markets can overcome the technological challenge by giving fishers and others the incentive to develop new ways to reduce bycatch.
Media Misinformation Harms Conservation Efforts
Media coverage of trophy hunting highlights the potential for misinformation to enter public and political debates on conservation issues.
Banning Hunting Trophies Will Undermine the Health of African Ecosystems
To reduce the threat of future pandemics we must conserve intact, healthy ecosystems in parts of the world, like sub-Saharan Africa, that are hotspots of emerging wildlife-borne diseases.
The Clean Water Act’s Permitting Process is Mired in Red Tape
The federal Clean Water Act is a notoriously complex statute, imposing federal permitting on a wide variety of land uses, industrial activity, and conservation projects based on turbid regulatory standards.
The Trump Administration Takes a Step Toward Better Protecting Endangered Species
Improving incentives for landowners is a more effective way to conserve habitat than imposing burdensome regulatory mandates on them.