Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains.

I started out as a Democrat.

I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.

Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.