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Innovation in Wildlife Management
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”
Public pressure effects species listings
Politics, Costs, And Species
Homesteading the Oceans: The Case for Property Rights in U.S. Fisheries
Overfishing in the oceans is a classic example of the "tragedy of the commons"—overexploitation of an unowned resource. Fishing in U.S. waters is no longer a commons free of fishing restrictions, yet many fisheries still suffer from the tragedy of the commons.
Who Will Save the Wild Tiger?
The tiger, which once ranged throughout Asia, faces extinction in the wild. The only way to save it is to provide incentives that make people who live near tigers want to conserve them, says Michael 't Sas-Rolfes.
Winter Kill in Yellowstone
Wall Street JournalJanuary 28, 1997 By Holly Lippke Fretwell and Linda Platts BOZEMAN, Mont. – So far this winter more than 700 Yellowstone National Park bison have been shot on sight or shipped to slaughterhouses as they searched for food outside the park. The purpose of this bloodletting is to prevent the spread of infectiousContinue reading “Winter Kill in Yellowstone”
Community-Run Fisheries: Avoiding the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
In spite of years of governmental restrictions on gear, catch, and seasons, fishers are over exploiting the once-productive resource their livelihoods depend on.
Greener Pastures
Private protection of the environment is all around us, but it often goes unnoticed. Since our beginning, PERC has worked to showcase the private efforts that preserve in the public interest.
A Better Way to Manage Wildlife
Rocky Mountain News December 20, 1995 By Terry L. Anderson and Michael R. Houser As hunters put away their rifles for the season, a lucky few will reflect on an enjoyable hunt that resulted in a trophy bull elk or buck deer, but most will only dream of such an experience. The average hunterContinue reading “A Better Way to Manage Wildlife”
PC Oil Drilling in a Wildlife Refuge
This article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal. “A Refuge Is No Place for Oil Rigs!” says a flyer issued by the National Audubon Society, which opposes oil drilling in ANWR, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Yet since the early 1950s, 37 wells have pumped natural gas (and a small amountContinue reading “PC Oil Drilling in a Wildlife Refuge”