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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
It’s (Finally) Time to Restore Our Parks
Fully solving the backlog issue will require tackling the current backlog as well as ensuring that today’s routine maintenance needs do not become tomorrow’s deferred maintenance.
There’s a Better Way to Fund Outdoor Recreation—Do It Ourselves
As recreation and conservation funding realities evolve in the 21st century, public funding streams should evolve along with them.
It’s Time to Let Native Americans Manage the Land
Transfering the National Bison Range back to Native Americans would be a good first step into expunging remnants of racism from our national policies.
Supreme Court Searches for Path through Byzantine Federal Land Laws
Federal lands are governed by a complex thicket of laws built up over more than a century, often with too little thought to how the different generations fit together.
The Private Sector has a Role to Play with Environmental Cleanups
Creating a greater role for the private sector will spur innovation and more effective environmental solutions.
Prospecting for Pollution: The Need for Better Incentives to Clean Up Abandoned Mines
Because abandoned mines generate substantial environmental harms, it is critical to remove regulatory disincentives to clean-up efforts and to replace them with positive incentives.
Speeding Up Environmental Reviews is Good for the Economy and the Environment
The delays and expense associated with an overly bureaucratic process pose real environmental costs.
Happy (Late) Birthday, Aldo!
We are still far from harmony with the land. But today, less than a week after Leopold’s 133rd birthday, we can be sure he’d be proud of our progress.
The Merits of Prevention
Simply pointing the finger at climate change will not prevent devastation during the next wildfire season.