On Monday, I wrote about the upcoming proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act regulations for listings, critical habitat, and…
People love wildlife. Just ask any 6-year old. Our policies that are meant to help wildlife are some of the most important ones we work on in conservation. I’m thrilled to have Ya Wei Li – who goes by Jake – join the Innovation Center’s staff. He’s one of America’s top experts in endangered species law and policy. Here are my questions to Jake, and his answers.
How did you end up working on wildlife?
In recent years, the environmental community has emphasized that Congress does not need to “modernize” the Endangered Species Act. Instead, they argue, any comprehensive changes should be done strictly through administrative reform. This month, I expect our federal wildlife agencies to begin doing just that.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service will propose…
The Department of Interior is likely to propose a real improvement in policy for threatened wildlife species – allowing protections…
When you go to a restaurant you order from a menu, see the price, and pay after you get fed. You don’t send a check the day before your reservation to pay for labor costs in the restaurant kitchen and show up the next day and get served whatever they made (or nothing if the recipe didn’t work out).
Sounds crazy right? That business model just wouldn’t work – we buy food as a good, paying for exactly what we want at a known price – not a service which is the process to get there.
I know, New Year’s is over, but if your Inbox was like mine you got countless fundraising messages, few of…