A Focus on Recovery Planning and Action While the debates over the Endangered Species Act continue, we believe there are some straightforward and very practical solutions that seem to be working within the current regulatory construct. Most notably, we recommend an increased focus on the section 4 recovery planning process rather than the section 7 … Continue reading “New Approaches to Implement the Endangered Species Act in California”

By Todd Manley California’s farmers and ranchers produce an amazing economic bounty.  As demonstrated in an infographic in the June edition of Comstock’s Magazine (page 98), California agriculture contributed $47.1 billion – yes, billion with a “b” (down from a high of $53.5 billion in 2014) to the state’s economy in 2015.  Not included in this … Continue reading “California Agriculture – A State of Abundance”