The Economic Importance of National Monuments to Local Communities

Headwaters Economics http://bit.ly/qzJesu  (website) http://bit.ly/qt9My6 (summary of research findings) [Abstract]  In a new research series, Headwaters Economics assesses the economic performance of local communities adjacent to national monuments in the West. Headwaters Economics analyzed the economies surrounding the 17 national monuments in the eleven western continental states that are larger than 10,000 acres and were … Continue reading »

America’s Vulnerable Waters: Assessing the Nation’s Portfolio of Vulnerable Aquatic Resources since Rapanos v. United States

Environmental Law Institute / by Philip Womble, Rebecca L. Kihslinger, James M. McElfish, Jr., and Kim Tuthill http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=11416 (download with free registration) [From a Greenwire article by Phillip Quinlan, sub. req'd]  At least half the states leave unprotected waters and wetlands deemed beyond the reach of federal regulation, according to a new report by the … Continue reading »