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Managing Conflicts over Western Rangelands
This PERC Policy Series explores the underlying issues fueling grazing conflicts in the West, as well as what might be done to resolve them.
Federal Land Management Has Been Disastrous
In light of the Malheur standoff, the New York Times asked six contributors “should the government still own so much land in the West, and should its control over that land be reduced?”
Trust Alternatives for Range Resource Allocation
Multiple organizational forms shape range management today, and through a comparison of state, private, and federal lands in the US, this essay helps explain why trust land agencies are not more market-oriented stewards of the land and resources.
Banking on Endangered Species
How assigning property rights to protected species turned a landfill into a conservation bank.
Hatching a Better Plan for the Sage Grouse
Private landowners are the driving force behind sage grouse conservation.
The Lion in the Room
To protect lions and other endangered species, we must harness the tools of free market environmentalism to resolve human-wildlife conflict.
Indonesia Under Fire
Forest fires are raging across Southeast Asia, in what is being called “the biggest environmental crime of the twenty-first century.” A lack of property rights is partly to blame for the smoke and fires that plague the area.
Market Magic: Hunt Lions to Save Lions
Every time hunting is banned, we end up with fewer animals. From lions and bison, to marine fisheries, John Stossel interviews Terry Anderson about property rights approaches to species conservation.
If you find yourself in a hole…
…the first thing to do is stop digging.