When Well-Intended Environmentalism Backfires
Housing bats, buying an E.V., and planting trees sometimes end up being counterproductive.
Conservation
The Strange Disappearance of the Tumamoc Globeberry (Updated)
The Fish and Wildlife Service inexplicably removes a species from its tally of species "delisted" under the Endangered Species Act.
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Still Not Recovering Species After All These Years
Claims of the Act's success at recovering imperiled species are vastly overstated, especially on private land.
Everglades Restoration Complicated by Florida Agricultural Interests
Tariffs and sugar subsidies have propped up overvalued land needed to fix the environmental damage.
Kenya Lifts Logging Ban, Promising Jobs and Growth
The 2018 ban led to the loss of approximately 44,000 jobs and $28 million in revenue.
Save Endangered Species From Environmental Regulations
A legal fight over the Arctic grayling shows how regs can hurt rather than help.
The Myth of Wild Nature and Creating a New Form of Paradise
A review of the new book Tickets For The Ark, by Rebecca Nesbit
Embrace a Bit of Prepper Mindset for the Next Emergency—Even the Government Approves
A little readiness is a good hedge against the surprises the world just seems to keep throwing our way.
The Case for Tradeable Permits in Dead Birds
A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles. Markets can help.
California Court Rules That Bees Are Fish
Insects aren't a category protected by the California Endangered Species Act. So state officials classified four bumblebee species as fish to get them listed.
California's Water Bureaucrats Are Making a Bad Drought Worse
Fifty percent of the state's water flows to the Pacific Ocean. Another 40 percent is used for agriculture. But it's average residents who are being forced to cut back.
Will Biden's '30 by 30′ Conservation Plan Protect Both Property Rights and Wild Landscapes?
"Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest," wrote naturalist Aldo Leopold.
Cultivated Meat Projected To Be Cheaper Than Conventional Beef by 2030
And produced with a much lower environmental footprint
Why Don't Environmentalists Just Buy the Land They Want To Protect? Because It's Against the Rules.
Regulation and litigation rule the day, but sometimes cash should be king.
The Government Says Falconers Have to Give up Their Privacy and Free Speech Rights in Order to Own Birds. Now the Falconers Are Suing.
"I'm treated no differently from a common felon on parole."
Wild Animal Populations Down 60 Percent Since 1970
But economic growth will reverse this trend by sparing lots more land for nature during this century.
The Puffy Coat Makers at Patagonia Want You to Subsidize Their Rich Customers
There are better ways to pay for hiking trails.
Predictions of the Death of Wilderness May Be a Bit Premature
Most people are moving to cities and peak farmland is in the offing
American Prairie Reserve Announces the 'Ken Burns American Heritage' Prize
The documentary filmmaker is teaming up with the privately funded conservation group.
Ronald Bailey Speaking at Florida Gulf Coast University on Saturday
Students for Liberty Conference on Free Market Environmentalism
Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play
Nongovernmental conservation is saving the planet
Jurassic Pigeon
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play
Restoring the herds and landscape seen by Lewis and Clark
Can We Save Nature by Making It Economically Useless?
"Decoupling" human economy from ecology could render large areas of pastures, croplands, and managed forests too remote for exploitation.
Hey, California! Want to Conserve Water? Then Don't Ban Plastic Bags.
What happens when green populism meets environmental necessity
Permit to Hunt Black Rhino Auctioned Off for $350,000 in Dallas
Money to go to species conservation, but animal activists are outraged
Number of Elephants Killed in Tanzania Has Increased Sharply
Government suspended its anti-poaching operation after only one month
Officials To Crush 6 Tons of Seized Ivory in Denver
Symbolic gesture signaling dedication to ending poaching
South Africa Considers Allowing Rhino Horn Trade to Fight Poaching
Hundreds have been killed this year
Michigan Governor Calls for Hunting, Fishing Fee Hikes
To pay for more government conservation workers
Australian Toddler's Salvaged Eggs Hatch into Nest of Venomous Snakes
Reminder: Everything in Australia is venomous. Everything.
Authorities Try to Kill Hundreds of Millions of Galapagos Rats
Non-native species introduced in 17th century threaten animal eggs
Sec. of Interior Apologizes for Threatening to Punch Out Reporter
Did not like being asked about agency decisions at an Obama event
China Blocks Conservation Protections for Antarctic Waters
Wants to preserve potential fishing rights
Effort to Create Antarctic Marine Preserve Gets Boost
U.S., New Zealand resolve fishing dispute that was getting in the way
Alaska Argues to Keep Polar Bears off "Threatened" List
Included because of the possibility of future losses, not current population