Jason F. Shogren is Stroock Distinguished Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management at the University of Wyoming.

• Foreword (Mike Sullivan and the members of the board of the Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming) Chapter 1. Introduction (Jason F. Shogren) Part I. Current and Proposed Incentive Options for Species Protection on Private Lands Chapter 2. The Endangered Species Act and Its Current Set of Incentive Tools for Species Protection (Debra Donahue) Chapter 3. An Economic Review of Incentive Mechanisms to Protect Species on Private Land (Gregory M. Parkhurst and Jason F. Shogren) Part II. Challenges to Using Economic Incentives for Species Protection Chapter 4. Endangered Species Protection and Ways of Life: Beyond Economy and Ecology (Frieda Knobloch and R. McGreggor Cawley) Chapter 5. A Critical Examination of Economic Incentives to Promote Conservation (Debra Donahue) Chapter 6. Appraising the Conservation Value of Private Lands (Steve W. Buskirk and Samantha M. Wisely) Chapter 7. Markets for Conserving Biodiversity Habitat: Principles and Practice (Thomas D. Crocker) Chapter 8. The Role of Private Information in Designing Conservation Incentives for Property Owners (Jason F. Shogren, Rodney B. W. Smith, and John Tschirhart) Part III. Economic Incentives for ESA Reauthorization Chapter 9. Evaluating the Incentive Tools (Gregory M. Parkhurst and Jason F. Shogren) About the Authors Index

For those considering development of an incentive program, Species at Risk should be required reading.  For others, it offers some clear perspective on what the next era of species-at-risk conservation in the United States could look like. (Great Plains Research)