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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
Cato Daily Podcast: The Allure of Profits and Forest Restoration
A podcast on the role of private investment in forest restoration.
The High Life
How volunteers and enthusiasts help maintain access to highpoints across the 50 states.
How Do You Measure the Value of a State Forest?
Non-use bids offer an alternative avenue to determine the value of public land.
Improving the Environment Through a Market-Based Approach
A podcast on the role of markets in providing good environmental quality.
Public Comment on the South Crazy Mountains Land Exchange
PERC weighs in on the U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to enhance public access through private landowner partnerships.
Why Don’t Environmentalists Just Buy the Land They Want To Protect? Because It’s Against the Rules.
Regulation and litigation rule the day, but sometimes cash should be king.
Look to History to Reform the Antiquities Act
Shifting responsibility for protecting federal lands back to Congress can reduce conflict while promoting deliberation and compromise.
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.