Wildlife Crossing Ahead: Costs and Benefits of Avoided Collisions
Every year in the United States wildlife vehicle collisions (WVCs) kill over 200 people and injure 26,000, costing more than $8 billion.
Research
Estimating the Impact of Critical-Habitat Designation on the Values of Developed and Undeveloped Parcels
When private land is designated as critical habitat for an endangered species, does that change the value of the land?
Crowdsourcing Conservation: How to use community science to advance public and private conservation
This policy paper examines conservation projects using crowdsourcing to determine if it is a useful tool for advancing conservation efforts.
The Taxonomic Basis of Subspecies Listed as Threatened and Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
In this paper, authors Robert M. Zink and Luke B. Klicka examine—according to modern standards—the validity of subspecies currently listed.
Making Private Lands Count for Conservation: Policy Improvements toward 30×30
How can private land be counted in the 30 x 30 efforts proposed by the Biden Administration? Megan Jenkins and Harrison Naftel explain.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants
Recently, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rule that would rescind its 2020 definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
High West Meets American Prairie
This paper describes how a non-profit and a for-profit business helped save one of the last grassland ecosystems in the world.
Cameras for Conservation: Direct Compensation as Motivation for Living with Wildlife
In this paper, Laura Huggins, Olivia Hansen, and Harrison Naftel explore how to help turn wildlife into an asset rather than a liability.
The Costs and Benefits of Critical Habitat Designation: Legal Requirements of the Endangered Species Act
Author Jeffrey McCoy first provides an overview of the ESA's congressional history by examining amendments made in 1978 and 1982.
Critical Habitat’s Unique “Private Land Problem”
Wood and Watkins identify key lessons from the case of the dusky gopher frog about how to more effectively use critical habitat to help species recover.
Endangered and Threatened Species: Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat
Our research suggests that establishing a clear process for how decisions about exclusion will be made will help improve transparency.
When Does Critical Habitat Designation Benefit Species Recovery?
This policy paper examines both the benefits and drawbacks of designating critical habitat. Learn more here.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants
This public interest comment is on the proposed a rule to define “habitat” as used in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973.
Addressing the Maintenance Backlog on Federal Public Lands
In this policy paper, Jenkins, Dougher, and Garlick begin by examining how the maintenance backlog was created and why it has persisted over time.
TURF Wars
Jason Walsh and Chris Brozyna examine the effect of separating fisheries into Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs).
Cooperative Conservation: Determinants of Landowner Engagement in Conserving Endangered Species
This policy paper analyzes surveys of private landowners to better understand factors that deter them from engaging in conservation.
Revision of the Regulations for Prohibitions to Threatened Wildlife and Plants
Drawing on previous research, the authors evaluate likely outcomes of the proposed rule change. Learn more about the research here.
Revision of the Regulations for Listing Species and Designating Critical Habitat
Drawing on previous research, the authors evaluate likely outcomes of the proposed rule change from the Fish and Wildlife Service.