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Healthy Public and Private Lands
Who Pays for Wolves?
How markets helped reduce conflict between ranchers and wolves.
Hunting for Habitat
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT In their handbook, Hunting for Habitat, Donald R. Leal and J. Bishop Grewell explore ranching for wildlife programs. Around the West, state agencies and landowners are improving both game and nongame habitat through these state-landowner partnerships. Not to be confused with game ranching, these programs help landowners manage free-roaming wild animalContinue reading “Hunting for Habitat”
Managing Africa’s Wildlife
What Zimbabwe did right.
The National Forests: For Whom and for What?
"The nation finds itself struggling with forest management systems that do not work," says Roger Sedjo, a Senior Fellow with the Washington, D.C.-based research organization Resources for the Future. "The future management of the national forests is unlikely to be smooth, because no political consensus exists."
Is No Use Good Use?
Americans are on the fast track to land preservation as more and more federal land is set aside at an increasingly rapid pace. Now is the time to pause and ask if locking up great expanses of land provides the good stewardship that we want for our public lands.
The Politics and Economics of Park Management
A study of national protected area systems in both developed and developing countries that have made a transformation from “fortress parks” to a sustainable use model.
Turning Wildlife Into An Asset
By J. Bishop Grewell To the Reader How to provide both quality wildlife habitat and hunting opportunities is an increasingly contentious issue in the West. In an effort to achieve these goals governments impose regulations that place restrictions on hunters, landowners, and recreationists. Yet, improvements in wildlife numbers and habitat have been scarce. As J.Continue reading “Turning Wildlife Into An Asset”
An Economic Guide to State Wildlife Management
By Dean Lueck Complete Research Study PDF Executive Summary About the Author About PERC Research Studies In the United States, each state has an agency, long known as a game department, that oversees the management of wildlife. These administrative agencies, staffed by bureaucrats, are facing challenges that are forcing change. Specifically, the departments areContinue reading “An Economic Guide to State Wildlife Management”
Farming Our Parks
Federal land management agencies are increasingly receptive to innovative partnerships that can help share the burden of managing millions of acres of public land. In the case of Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, farmers are being sought to run about 35 small family farms. The legislation that created the 33,000-acre national park 25 yearsContinue reading “Farming Our Parks”