Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Call me crazy, but having the President tell the Secretary to delist doesn’t really seem like a decision “solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data” … 010
Reposted by Alex ErwinNatalie Jacewicz @njacewicz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New paper draft posted! My coauthors and I dig into whether/ how the #USDA accounts for animal welfare in deciding which regulations to pursue, specifically how consumer willingness to pay for humane measures affects agency cost-benefit analyses. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comPricing Suffering in AnimalsLarge majorities of Americans care about animal welfare, and federal regulations affect billions of animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) promulgat 141
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Happy Earth Day to all the species that call it home!🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/c...nytimes.comRepublicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped. 010
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Excited to be at Stetson Law today for the 22nd International Wildlife Conference. I opened up the conference with my project on Making America Wild Again (#MAWA)! Talking "functional" de-extinction and Pleistocene rewilding. Draft coming eventually ... 010
Reposted by Alex ErwinChris Hampson @chrishampsonlaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Happy April 2nd! My Essay on the Ten Commandments went live on the Washington and Lee Law Review Online yesterday, but I didn't think you'd believe me yesterday! scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr-online... [1/3]scholarlycommons.law.wlu.eduThe Ten Commandments, Stripped of Slavery, Exodus & JubileeThe Ten Commandments are back on public classroom walls and in federal court, after several states passed new laws requiring school districts to post the text. As attorneys, judges, and amici debate w... 131
Reposted by Alex ErwinUC Davis School of Law @ucdavislaw.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Thank you for joining us! #UCDavisLaw #KingHall #EnvironmentalLaw 012
Reposted by Alex ErwinSSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Spurious #Subspecies In this paper, the author examines both the history and future of agency efforts to list subspecies. Author: Alex Erwin Read More: spkl.io/63322AITfp @alexerwin.bsky.social 011
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I'm here at @ucdavislaw.bsky.social to give the keynote at their annual Environmental Law Society conference! The theme this year is Predators in Motion: Law, Land Use, and Ecological Governance. If you happen to be in Davis and want to hear me talk about predator conservation, swing by! 010
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Finally no longer pending on #SSRN. Check it out while it is at least lukewarm … papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 010
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026My next article "Spurious Subspecies" is now forthcoming in the Northwestern University Law Review! It deals with the tricky problem of legally defining ESA terms like "subspecies" and "distinct population segment" in the face of novel science and changing administrative law. Draft ⬇️: 141
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I have officially crossed the Rubicon into out-of-touch middle age. I posted this gif yesterday while teaching the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and was met by blank stares ...media.tenor.comthree men are sitting at a bar talking and one of them is wearing a green shirt that says paddyALT: three men are sitting at a bar talking and one of them is wearing a green shirt that says paddy 010
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Slow to report, but our 2nd Annual Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference at @uflaw.bsky.social was a massive success! Thanks to everyone that attended or played a part in organizing. #EELS law.ufl.edu/news/uf-law-...law.ufl.eduUF Law Hosts the 2nd Annual Early Environmental Law Scholars (EELS) Conference - University of Florida Levin College of LawUniversity of Florida Levin College of Law hosted the 2nd Annual Early Environmental Law Scholars (EELS) Conference in Gainesville, Florida, on November 110
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025For anyone that happens to be in Gainesville this afternoon, I'm giving a seminar to the UF Genetics Institute. 030
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Predator management litigation in the wild! While I'm sympathetic to some of the claims the bear advocates are making, I think it will be a tough case for them to win. I wrote about this phenomenon in my recent Utah Law Review article (see ⬇️) apnews.com/article/bear...apnews.comConservationists sue to stop Florida's first black bear hunt in a decadeConservationists are suing to stop Florida from holding its first black bear hunt in a decade. State officials approved the plan in August despite strong opposition. 110
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025A week late, but I am nevertheless thrilled to now work at @uflaw.bsky.social. The move even came with a promotion to Associate Professor! We've got a great group - check out all the other new folks too: www.law.ufl.edu/new-facultylaw.ufl.eduNew Faculty at UF Levin College of LawMeet the new faculty at University of Florida Levin College of Law with expertise ranging from constitutional law to corporations and intellectual property. 010
Reposted by Alex ErwinNatalie Jacewicz @njacewicz.bsky.social · 06/08/2025To learn more about what works and doesn’t in litigating predator management, check out @alexerwin.bsky.social’s paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comLitigating Predator ManagementDespite significant gains over the last half century, predators such as mountain lions, wolves, and bears are in the crosshairs once again. Scientific man 021
Reposted by Alex ErwinNatalie Jacewicz @njacewicz.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Sharing my draft article, Protecting Wild Animal Abundance, forthcoming in Utah Law Review, @sjquinney.bsky.social. It highlights loss of relatively common wild #animals as distinct from the #biodiversity crisis, and discusses why US #environmental #law failed to stop such losses.papers.ssrn.comPROTECTING WILD ANIMAL ABUNDANCE<p><i><span>Americans today encounter billions fewer wild animals than their grandparents did. These ongoing losses affect an enormous array of interests, inclu 1144
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025For junior environmental law folks, we’re hosting our 2nd Annual Early Environmental Law Scholars (EELS) Conference at @uflaw.bsky.social this Nov 6-8. We’ve got it all: paper talks, teaching workshops, a field trip into nature, and more! Register here: www.law.ufl.edu/events-feed/...law.ufl.eduEarly Environmental Law Scholars Conference - Levin College of Law 021
Reposted by Alex ErwinThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 08/06/2025The use of biotechnology for conservation, whether for de-extinction or genetic augmentation of existing species, promises solutions to otherwise intractable problems in protecting endangered animals. A law professor explains: buff.ly/MfRdVg3 By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.socialbuff.lyBeyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered speciesA legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered. 0148
Reposted by Alex ErwinThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 07/06/2025The use of biotechnology for conservation, whether for de-extinction or genetic augmentation of existing species, promises solutions to otherwise intractable problems in protecting endangered animals. A law professor explains: buff.ly/MfRdVg3 By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.socialbuff.lyBeyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered speciesA legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered. 0174
Reposted by Alex ErwinThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 06/06/2025Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species buff.ly/MfRdVg3theconversation.comBeyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered speciesA legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered. 032
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025More of my thoughts on dire wolves, red wolves, and biotech for conservation. Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for editing and publishing. theconversation.com/beyond-de-ex...theconversation.comBeyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered speciesA legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered. 010
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Congrats to the FIU Law @fiu.bsky.social Class of 2025 graduates! This was the first group I taught as 1L’s, so I feel like I’m graduating with y’all this year! 000
Reposted by Alex ErwinRebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Some big (personal) Earth Day news. I am deeply honored to be named as the first holder of the Oliver Houck Chair in Environmental Law at Tulane. Excited to join the fabulous faculty there law.tulane.edu/news/rebecca...law.tulane.eduRebecca Bratspies named Inaugural Oliver Houck Chair in Environmental LawTulane University Law School News 148610
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Taught my final class at FIU this morning. My natural resources law students made it extra-special with a UF-themed goodbye care package. It’s been a wonderful 3 years, and the students are what I will miss the most. 040
Reposted by Alex ErwinNatalie Jacewicz @njacewicz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The administration today announced it's rescinding the regulatory definition of "harm" under the #ESA, which includes destroying endangered species' habitat. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdfpublic-inspection.federalregister.gov 101
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The moral hazard issue is so dumb. True de-extinction will likely always be impossible. Functional de-extinction can maybe help restore ecosystems. But it is not real de-extinction and does not absolve humanity for its role in extinction. 1/5 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comTrump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species listThe interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections. 120
Reposted by Alex ErwinNatalie Jacewicz @njacewicz.bsky.social · 09/04/2025@alexerwin.bsky.social You might enjoy this: 111
Reposted by Alex ErwinMonica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Huge congrats to @uflaw.bsky.social on getting a wonderful scholar and great human being to join them! 042
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025After that comeback, now feels like a great time to officially announce that I’m joining the faculty at @uflaw.bsky.social in the Fall! 🐊🐊🐊 I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)! 3151
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The science behind the dire wolf “de-extinction” is soooo cool, but imo not directly useful for conservation. The real conservation benefits of this work are buried in the article. Colossal has also been cloning red wolves to reintroduce lost genetic diversity. time.com/7274542/colo...time.comThe Return of the Dire WolfColossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species. 141
Reposted by Alex ErwinMonica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The targeting of @profrrothschild.bsky.social is yet another example of shameful efforts to mobilize the law against those who are fighting for this planet's future and in the process degrade academic freedom.nytimes.comShe Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. (Gift Article)A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage. 03217
Alex Erwin @alexerwin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I’m assuming this is also a place for shameless self-promotion so … “Litigating Predator Management” is now out online and in print! Cite it liberally! dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/... 240
Reposted by Alex ErwinVanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 05/03/2025In honor of #305Day, I am thrilled to announce I am moving back home!! Beginning this summer, I will be an Assistant Professor of Law at FIU Law in Miami, Florida. I am ready for this new transition and the many, many cafecitos y pastelitos. 27866