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42 Ariz. L. Rev. 381 (2000)
Evaluating Market Transactions, Litigation, and Regulation as Tools for Implementing Environmental Restoration

handle is hein.journals/arz42 and id is 395 raw text is: EVALUATING MARKET TRANSACTIONS, LITIGATION, AND REGULATION AS TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION Bonnie G. Colby* & Tamra Pearson d'Estr6e** I. INTRODUCTION Restoration of degraded ecosystems and declining species is a complex public process in which the interests of environmental organizations, irrigators, logging companies, water utilities, Native American communities, and multiple layers of public agencies often conflict. Once policymakers have consulted with stakeholders, identified restoration goals, initiated scientific investigations, and developed a restoration plan, on-the-ground implementation requires two types of efforts: dedication of specific land and water resources to restoration, and changes in land and water management practices to assist restoration. For instance, restoration of an endangered fish species may require preventing development of a streanside land corridor, seasonally altering stream flows to assist fish survival, * Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1983. Dr. Colby is a natural resource economist whose research and teaching focus on the economic implications of environmental policy. ** Associate Professor, George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Ph.D., Harvard University, 1990. Dr. d'Estr6e is a social psychologist whose research and teaching focus on multi-national, environmental and intercultural conflicts. The research reported here was supported by a grant from the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and by a Water and Watersheds grant from the National Science Foundation/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joint competitive grant program. The Authors appreciate assistance on footnotes and citations provided by Patricia Orr and the Arizona Law Review.