All Research:
Healthy Public and Private Lands
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”
PERC’s “After Rio” Journalism Conference Spurs Reaction
A correspondence on why government’s efforts to conserve our natural resources fall short of the work done by private conservationists.
Zimbabwe Makes Living With Wildlife Pay
When people live in subsistence conditions, an environmental ethic easily gives way to survival. When people view wild animals as a valuable asset, poaching and habitat destruction decrease.
The Yellowstone Primer:
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 “The Yellowstone Primer:”
A Private Fix for Leaky Trout Streams
Originally published in Fly Fisherman. Fishing the Ruby River in southwestern Montana can be a joyous way to celebrate spring. But last spring was a different story. Imagine the sickening feeling when we saw a pair of 16-inch brown trout floating belly-up in a trickle of water that was formerly the Ruby River. The deadContinue reading “A Private Fix for Leaky Trout Streams”