BOZEMAN, Mont. — The American bison, down to a few hundred remnant animals in Teddy Roosevelt’s day, is making a great comeback. Today there are more than 250,000 buffalo, and the number is steadily increasing. Bison ranchers are doing very well indeed — alas, partly at taxpayer expense. In contrast, cattle ranchers are having a […]

The recovery of the gray wolf may stand as the pinnacle of the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) success. This summer the wolf will probably be “delisted” as endangered in Minnesota. At a meeting on June 2 called by U.S. Senator Conrad Burns, Republican from Montana, Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator of the U.S. Fish and […]

When I unpack the complaints of most environmentalists, I find a common theme. In their view, most people want the “wrong” things. Many enviros fault people who prefer snowmobiles to cross-country skies, Humvees over Hondas, or T-bones instead of tofu. SUVs are subject to especially intense criticism. They see the production and consumption of these […]