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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
Instead of a Monument, How About a North Woods National Park — Run by Lucas St. Clair
If Secretary Ryan Zinke thinks Katahdin Woods and Waters warrants national park status, he should insist that it be done with a stipulation.
National Monument Alternatives: Innovative Strategies to Protect Public Lands
Will Pennsylvania’s trust approach to public lands reduce conflict?
In Pennsylvania, former enemies—loggers and green activists—could become partners in conservation.
Feds Should Stop Digging a Budget Hole and Quit the Land Grabs
When it comes to our treasured public lands, we’ve dug ourselves into a financial hole.
Zinke Rides In
But will the new interior secretary take on the federal-lands bureaucracy?
It’s Time to Modernize the Antiquities Act
The act runs roughshod over the legislative process that is at the core of American governance, which seeks to promote compromise and coalition-building.
PERC’s Public Comment on Bears Ears National Monument
Here’s our public comment to the U.S. Department of the Interior on the review of Bears Ears National Monument established under the Antiquities Act of 1906.
Give Bears Ears To Native Americans
If tribes are going to get more say in protecting sacred sites, like Bears Ears, they will have to have a greater role than consultation.
A Trust Approach to National Monuments
How a trust approach to managing national monuments could protect land while promoting local input.