Comments on: Environment roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/03/environment-roundup-31/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:04:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: MattS https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/03/environment-roundup-31/comment-page-1/#comment-334316 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:04:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=57998#comment-334316 In reply to No Name Guy.

That will never fly, it makes far too much sense to be attractive to politicians.

]]> By: No Name Guy https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/03/environment-roundup-31/comment-page-1/#comment-334311 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:48:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=57998#comment-334311 In re the Heritage commissions. The “incentives” are the same for land owners whose property may end up becoming endangered species habitat if they let the forest grow a bit longer – better to log it off BEFORE the critters move in and all value is lost.

Now…..we as a society should be asking: Are these policies optimized to actually maximize the (presumably desirable goal of) preserving historic buildings, or saving endangered species?

I have a question if they are.

Perhaps another way to get more habitat would be to pay landowners to create habitat that is suitable for endangered species. That is, align positive incentives with the desired outcome. Or pay building owners an ongoing stipend for preserving the historical aspects “as is”.

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