James Tate, Jr, PhD, is the Institute's Program Director for Ecological Economics and Ethics and a Senior Fellow of the Institute. Dr. Tate, who served most recently as Science Advisor to the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, is a recognized senior executive and leader in natural resource science and policy.  In a recent letter printed in The Washington Post, he commented on a Post article describing former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's campaign to strengthen conservation laws.  Click here to read the Post Letters page including Dr. Tate's letter.