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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
Leave Park Operations—and Fee Revenues—to the Parks
Empowering local land managers to spend the revenues they have generated on their greatest needs can help provide the resources to care for our shared lands properly.
Cato Daily Podcast: Let Conservationists Compete for Use of Federal Lands
A podcast on the potential to open bidding markets to conservationists.
PERC Executive Director Proposes Solutions to Bring the LWCF Into the 21st Century
Brian Yablonski testifies before the U.S. Senate on ways to improve the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Bringing the LWCF Into the 21st Century
Brian Yablonski’s testimony before the U.S. Senate on ways to improve the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Trails Day Highlights Need for Dedicated Recreation Funding
Increased visitation represents an opportunity for hikers to put their money where their footprints are and help fund public lands directly.
How We Pay to Play: Funding Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands in the 21st Century
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.
Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Earth Day with Holly Fretwell
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
During National Park Week, Remember that Our Parks Need Our Help
With creative approaches we can fill our parks’ financial hole and keep from digging a new one.
The Option Value of Conservation
Is a tree more valuable if harvested now, in a decade, or not at all? These questions tee up the issue of option value.