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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
Our Environmental Paradox
If you care about conservation and recreation, there’s plenty of reason to ask our policymakers to resolve the tension between funding and fossil fuels.
Conservation is More Than Acquiring Land—It’s Maintaining What We Already Own
Public land advocates of all stripes need to work together to take care of the lands we already own.
A Different Shade of Green
Markets and property rights are working to solve a variety of environmental problems.
Federal Rules Discourage Cleanup of Abandoned Mines
Better incentives will motivate efforts to rid western landscapes of lingering pollution.
Free Markets Meet Public Lands
How PERC’s ideas are improving federal land management.
Yellowstone’s Surprising Connection to Fighting Coronavirus
A key ingredient in the standard Covid-19 tests was found in Yellowstone’s hot springs decades ago. Here’s what Yellowstone’s next big discovery could mean for the future of national parks.
Fixing Our Parks, One Step at a Time
Fixing our public lands now and into the future is how we will restore what’s great about our “Great American Outdoors.”
C-SPAN: The Great American Outdoors Act and What it Means for Our Public Lands
PERC CEO Brian Yablonski appears on C-SPAN Washington Journal to discuss the Great American Outdoors Act.
An Important Step Toward Fixing Our Parks
A podcast on the Great American Outdoors Act and our national parks’ deferred maintenance backlog.








