Nature Unbound ― Bureaucracy and the Environment

Kenneth J. Sim is currently employed as an analyst with STRATA, an energy and environment think-tank. Ken specializes in environmental policy and has particular experience working with NEPA and the Clean Water Act. He has worked as a policy specialist at the university level and spent many years working for a private environmental consulting firm. Ken received both a Master’s degree in geography and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Utah State University.Randy T Simmons is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, and former Mayor of Providence, Utah. Professor Simmons’s books include the award-winning Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure, Aquanomics: Water Markets and the Environmentand The Political Economy of Culture and Norms: Informal Solutions to the Commons Problem. A contributing author to various volumes such asRe-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy, he is the author of scholarly articles that have appeared in numerous journals, and his popular articles have been published in newspapers and magazines across the United States. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Oregon, and he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Utah League of Cities and Towns and a Member of the Utah Governor’s Privatization Commission.Ryan M. Yonk is Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Research Director for the Center for Public Lands and Rural Economics in the Department of Economics at Utah State University, and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southern Utah University. Professor Ryan’s articles have appeared in such scholarly journals asPublic Choice, The Independent Review, Political Perspectives,Applied Research in Quality of Life, and Journal of Public and Municipal Finance. His books includePetitioners as a Reflection of Society? A Study of Typology and Policy (with S. Reilly), Green Vs. Green: Conflicts in Environmental Priorities(with Randy Simmons and Brian Steed), and Political Ecology (with Randy Simmons and Brian Steed, forthcoming). He is also the author of policy reports for the U.S. Department of Energy, Center for Public Lands and Rural Economics at Utah State University, Utah Taxpayers Foundation, and Public Service Commission. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Georgia State University.