Candidates who emphasize habitat and wildlife conservation have an edge in these Western states. But to fulfill campaign promises, conservation candidates will have to address immigration policy.

The most direct and fundamental way to resolve America’s decline in biodiversity is to gradually bring down our high levels of immigration. Habitat loss cannot be stopped as long as immigration (legal and illegal) continues to add roughly three and a half million people every year.

Idaho is the fastest growing state by rate. Gem State residents don’t want more unchecked growth, according to new polling data.

The consequences of our expanding population encroaching on America's farm and ranch strongholds were on the minds of many attendees at the 2024 American Farm Bureau Convention.

NumbersUSA’s two decades of sprawl studies – cited in scholarly literature over a hundred times in over a dozen languages – have explored the role of population growth in each county in each state and the role of a multiplicity of decisions by government, business, and individuals that increase the average amount of developed land for each person in each county.

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Water and immigration levels are important measures of the health and sustainability of our nation. Both must be managed with care. September 24th was World Rivers Day. Rivers and their freshwater ecosystems are fundamental to thriving civilizations. The U.S. withdraws about 400 billion gallons of water (all sources) a day for all of our uses. … Continued

Much has been made of how surge in illegal immigration into cities as far from the border as Chicago and New York threaten the fiscal resilience of the receiving cities (Mayor Adams says the migrant crisis will “destroy New York City“), and the impact on resilience doesn’t end there. Extreme weather events in the U.S. … Continued

What is, and where is, the American Dream for you? A dream of a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank.” John Truslow Adams (JStorDaily.com, 2015) Is it Rural? Urban? Suburban? I offer that it doesn’t matter. “Better, richer, and happier” can happen in all three so long as we … Continued