Review the information provided in the text about the history, purpose, and laws of environmental use and protection and combine with the information provided by the links listed above.
With that information in hand, analyze the merit of using criminal and/or civil law enforcement powers to regulate environmental use and protection.
Consider the costs and benefits of prosecution in a criminal case with less-intensive enforcement efforts of civil law enforcement and the societal issues of each. Although the harms done in the civil actions may be much greater than the harms done by the parties in criminal action – only one of the cases used criminal powers. Why?