Takings, Compensation and Endangered Species Protection on Private Lands

The Hidden Function of Takings Compensation

Development of Wildlife Resources on Private Lands

During the past 2 years, numerous groups have discussed recreational and other commercial uses of wildlife and land resources by farmers and ranchers. For example, in 1986, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station conducted the International Ranchers Roundup in Kerrville, Texas. At this meeting, several speakers presented papers on the marketing of wildlife and rangeland resources, some discus...

The Endangered Species Act and Private Landowner Incentives

While intended to increase the habitat available to endangered species, the restrictions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) increase the costs of harboring an endangered species to private landowners and create incentives for private landowners to reduce habitat. This paper illustrates the incentive for habitat destruction with a simple model of private land use under the ESA, and uses it to p...

Motivating residents to combat invasive species on private lands: social norms and community reciprocity

Invasive species (IS) threaten biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. To achieve landscape-scale reductions in IS and the associated gains for biodiversity, IS control efforts must be expanded across private lands. Enhancing IS control across private lands requires an understanding of the factors that motivate residents to engage or prohibit residents from engaging in efforts to control IS. Dr...

Hybridization and endangered species protection in the molecular era.

After decades of discussion, there is little consensus on the extent to which hybrids between endangered and nonendangered species should be protected by US law. As increasingly larger, genome-scale data sets are developed, we can identify individuals and populations with even trace levels of genetic admixture, making the 'hybrid problem' all the more difficult. We developed a decision-tree fra...