Photo courtesy of docentjoyce This piece was originally published in Deseret News. Today, thousands of Americans will contribute their time, effort, and sweat on projects to improve trails to mark National Trails Day. The help will be much appreciated. Countless trail systems at national parks, national forests, and other public recreation lands across the […]
Environmental markets work best when they incentivize compliance, rather than relying on enforcement.
[…] impactβconservation success that leaves our children with stunning landscapes, crystal clear waters, and thriving wildlife populationsβall achieved through cooperation, not force. In the coming years, we will build upon this momentum, as we continue to prove that free market environmentalism is the best way to achieve lasting conservation wins. READ PERCβS 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Β
If the enthusiasm for enjoying public lands can be better channeled into user-funded mechanisms that support the maintenance and improvement of them, then outdoor recreationists of all stripes would have much to gain.
A new collection of papers on the role of property rights to ecological resources in environmental protection.
Jonathan Wood’s testimony before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on the “Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act.”
[…] have led to questions about why so many people live in areas vulnerable to flooding. Instead, we should ask whether this is the result of people making free choices or whether market distortions push people to live in such areas. The former shouldnβt be discounted. The same characteristics that make an area vulnerable to […]
Human prosperity frees us to pursue our environmental values.
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Is a tree more valuable if harvested now, in a decade, or not at all? These questions tee up the issue of option value.