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Libertarian environmental attorney. VP of Law & Policy @PERCtweets. Opinions are my own.

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Opinion: To recover endangered species, invest in plants

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By Emily Coffey Verified, Leah Oliver, Jonathan Wood
| Agri-Pulse Verified
A secret to recovering high numbers of endangered and threatened species lies with the most overlooked among them: plants. Although endangered plants have historically received significantly less investment than endangered animals,74% of recoveries in the last 5 years have been plants. Simply put, the Endangered Species Act is working for plants to a degree that itisn’t — yet — working for wildlife.
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Don’t let federal agencies revoke permits without consequence

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By Jonathan Wood
| Washington Times Verified
OPINION: Imagine investing $100 million in land, infrastructure and environmental restoration only to be told years later that the federal government has changed its mind and your permit no longer counts. That’s not a business risk. It’s a failure of the rule of law. Federal permitting reform is usually framed as a question of efficiency: Why do approvals take so long, and how can agencies move faster?
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How can conservation backfire? Look at gray wolves

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By Jonathan Wood
| Revista de Prensa "Almendrón" Verified
This month, a lone gray wolf was spotted in Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century. That sighting would have been unimaginable a generation ago. In the mid-1990s, when endangered gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, the only state in the Lower 48 with a population greater than a few dozen was Minnesota. Today, more than 6,000 gray wolves roam 10 states — up from about 1,500.
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