A leading expert on public lands and land rights issues, Robert H. Nelson shows why the existing public land system, grounded in a philosophy of scientific management, has failed. Using insights gained from nearly two decades at the U.S. Department of Interior, Nelson analyzes the past 25 years of public land policy and documents majorContinue reading “Public Lands and Private Rights: The Failure of Scientific Management”
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Wildlife in the Marketplace
Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, Editors Wildlife and markets need not be inimical to one another. This book is designed to stimulate imaginative efforts to create better incentives for habitat preservation. The chapters address how both the demand and supply side of the marketplace can be harnessed to provide the proper incentives forContinue reading “Wildlife in the Marketplace”
Fee Hunting
Public land managers are finding it ever more difficult to provide hunters with a quality hunting experience. With low success rates and poor hunting conditions on public land, hunters increasingly choose to hunt on private land for a fee. Few people hunt strictly for meat, but state and federal agencies continue to manage asContinue reading “Fee Hunting”
Forestry
The Forest Service needs strong incentives to adhere to the bottom line. The right motivation could help create a profitable timber program.
Property Rights Legislation in the States
Since the late 1980s, many Americans across the country have found that they cannot farm, ranch, or build homes on portions of their land. Why?
Eco-Sanity:
Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism By Joseph L. Bast, Peter J. Hill and Richard C. Rue This book cuts through rhetoric, false alarms and media hype to deliver concise and authoritative summaries of what we know about the most important environmental issues of our times. It describes the considerable progress made since 1960 inContinue reading “Eco-Sanity:”
Multiple Conflicts Over Multiple Uses
Terry L. Anderson, Editor This volume examines the prospects for reducing conflicts over public land management by substituting markets for bureaucracies. The conclusion is that a healthy dose of free market environmentalism is the best way to eliminate conflicts over multiple uses, to reduce the drain of the federal treasury and to promote cooperation. TerryContinue reading “Multiple Conflicts Over Multiple Uses”
Beyond Politics:
More Books by PERC Authors and Editors: , by William C. Mitchell and Randy T. Simmons, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, James D.Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup Bozeman, MT.: PERC,1993. The Birth of a Transfer Society, by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill. Lanham MD: UniversityContinue reading “Beyond Politics:”
Continental Water Marketing
More Books by PERC Authors and Editors: Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, and the Failure of Bureaucracy, by William C. Mitchell and Randy T. Simmons, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, James D.Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup Bozeman, MT.: PERC,1993. The Birth of a Transfer Society, by Terry L.Continue reading “Continental Water Marketing”
The Political Economy of the American West
Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, Editors Myths about the Old West are challenged by these authors who discuss why there was little economic growth on Western Indian reservations, how Yellowstone National Park really was established (by the railroads), and the subsidized development of water resources. The book illustrates the interplay of economic andContinue reading “The Political Economy of the American West”