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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
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.
A Breakthrough for Wild Horses in the West?
Using ideas from PERC research, the BLM recently announced a new program to increase wild horse adoptions.
Protecting Wild Horses Will Take a Wild Idea
Incentive payments to promote wild horse and burro adoptions will benefit the animals, our rangelands, and taxpayers.
Will Environmental Regulations Become More Common as Wildfires Worsen?
Environmentalists have something to gain from reducing unnecessary permit burdens.