Understanding How the Endangered Species Act Impacts Property Rights While Tracing the Efforts to Modernize the Policy
A newly installed, reform-minded administration in Washington has rekindled hope that regulations that have become tools to control the land management decisions of private forest landowners might very well be reformed. Already a Senate committee hearing has focused on modernization of the Endangered Species Act and private forest landowners are hopeful the momentum for this reform is maintained.
This panel will look at the unfortunate reality of how the ESA diminishes property rights without meaningfully making a positive difference for wildlife.