ORGANIZATION NRIC was incorporated in 1976 to promote the ethic that environmental quality and long-term economic productivity are synonymous. NRIC is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit, tax-exempt, scientific, educational organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. NRIC is not a membership organization. It is totally independent. It operates on a project-by-project basis. Projects are staffed exclusively by senior consulting experts.	APPROACH NRIC works on a very limited number of natural resource issues selected for their intrinsic value and broad public policy leverage. NRIC makes long-term project commitments and develops specialized expertise necessary to be a major player. NRIC focuses on the long-term economic and environmental implications of extant or needed public policies. NRIC does not merely analyze and comment. It aggressively seeks to influence changes in natural resource policy, management initiatives, and investment strategies.
INITIATIVES NRIC pursues initiatives in six broad areas. Public policy and investment strategies. NRIC provides the public and decision makers with independent perspective on the social, economic, and environmental implications of public policies, management initiatives, and investment strategies. Public information. NRIC analyses, synthesizes, and converts complex issues to useable information to facilitate informed decision making and, thereby, avert or overcome classic failure of the market. Technology transfer. NRIC uses on-the-ground demonstration projects, case studies, and transferable models to show the economic and environmental benefits of improved management and new investment strategies. Conflict resolution. NRIC provides independent expert intervention in natural resource conflicts. It does not seek the middle ground between competing interests. It defines independent, public interest-based alternatives to conflict. Litigation. NRIC very selectively files project-related lawsuits in the federal courts to challenge egregious failures of governance. Native American Indian issues NRIC has extensive experience with natural resource issues unique to Native American Indian tribes.