Policy Chasms: How We Govern Plants and Animals, and How We Don't

We are being invaded! 

FSC's Public Administration and Policy program and the Center for Criminal Justice are co-sponsoring a talk: "Policy Chasms: How We Govern Plants and Animals, and How We Don't."

American environmental governance is full of structural gaps. No single agency, level of government, or national policy is responsible for managing invasive species, enforcing wildlife crime, or bringing about a sustainable future. Instead, as with many policy areas in the US system, authority is scattered across federal, state, and local lines, and much of the work falls to a patchwork of institutions built to fill the spaces in between. Multiple speakers will address these policy chasms from different perspectives. 

Michael Motta, Ph.D., J.D., of the Public Administration and Policy program, will open with brief framing remarks on how U.S. policy design produces these chasms, and how our policy solutions are often unique compared to the rest of the world. Monique Sosnowski, Ph.D., a wildlife crime researcher in the Center for Criminal Justice, will discuss her work building datasets that track wildlife crime and federal wildlife prosecutions. Abby Marino, M.S., the Program Manager of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area, who also serves on the North American Invasive Species Management Association board of directors, will discuss invasive species. And Maia Roseval, M.P.A., the college's Sustainability Manager and instructor of POL390 Environmental Politics, will discuss the innovative ways college campuses are filling policy gaps. 

Come late, leave early, no worries! Tell your friends! 

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