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  • Hey, I’m a private landowner in Watauga County

    Sign me up ANC! Audubon North Carolina said it will soon reach out to private landowners across Watauga County to encourage them to protect and restore priority bird habitats, while simultaneously helping landowners enhance their property in cost-effective and sustainable ways. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wataugademocrat.com/content/tncms/ads/mobile-article-instory/mobile-article-instory1.js?_dc=1450186940 // <![CDATA[ oTNCMS_Ad.setRelative(); oTNCMS_Ad.show(null, null, &amp;#39;http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wataugademocrat.com&amp;#39;); // ]]> // <![CDATA[ googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(&amp;#39;DFP-WD-mobileassettB&amp;#39;);…

  • “Did legalizing ivory trade reduce elephant poaching?”

    Chris Blattman quoting Hsiang and Sekar: International trade of ivory was banned in 1989, with global elephant poaching data collected by field researchers since 2003. A one-time legal sale of ivory stocks in 2008 was designed as an experiment, but its global impact has not been evaluated. We find that international announcement of the legal…

  • John’s not the only one who gets to post pictures of local wildlife

    John lives in the sticks of North Carolina, so it's not too surprising when he posts wildlife pics.  I live in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area. so it's a little more surprising when I get to post wildlife pics.  Here's a pic my wife sent me today:

  • Raise your hand if you want to work with me…

    The Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (my department) in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (my college) at The Ohio State University (my university) is hiring for four new faculty positions–and I am not ashamed of taking advantage of this blog to promote the positions.  If you have (or are close…

  • Picture of the day: neighborhood wildlife

    Photo credit: PCW

  • How much is a loon worth?

    At today's exchange rates, a Canadian one dollar coin is worth about $0.78. But right over the border, this is different: Minnesota loons could benefit from an $18.7 billion legal settlement over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a Department of Natural Resources official said Wednesday. Minnesota could receive up to $25 million…

  • Is more information welfare enhancing?

     Sharks are scary to many people.  New technologies, like drones, allow beach authorities to notify swimmers when sharks are nearby.  So when people are told that sharks are near shore, it changes behavior–even though the likelihood of a shark attack has not changed.  The only thing that has changed is the ability to see the…

  • Cue the Jurassic Park Theme Music

    In the context of the ecological effects of reintroducing lost species into ecosystems, Last week I half-jokingly asked "..if reintroducing wolves is this great, what would happen if we reintroduced dinosaurs?"  Well… The fierce debate over whether to clone a woolly mammoth has been reignited by a fresh attempt to bring the species back from…

  • Trophic Cascade

    This is pretty cool.  I have no idea if it's accurate but still cool.    I don't doubt that wolves have had an impact on Yellowstone.  But my inner economist has to ask, are we now better off?  How do we know that this new steady state (if in fact it is steasy) is 'better'…

  • I really like when non-economists sound like economists–it means economic thinking is permeating everyday discussions

    I've been a fan of Mike Rowe since his early days on the Discovery Channel's 'Dirty Jobs.'  I don't always agree with his political views, but he's entertaining.  He has a new show on CNN called 'Somebody's Gotta Do it,' where he highlights what seem to many like odd jobs.  Apparently in a recent show,…