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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
National Parks: Lost in the Wilds of Neglect
The maintenance backlog is $12 billion—and it shows. Here’s how to start afresh.
Access Divided: State and Federal Recreation Management in the West
Outdoor recreation is a way of life in the western United States. Our newest Public Lands Report examines various approaches to recreation taken by public land agencies across the West and explores the ability of these different agencies to resolve competing recreational demands.
Can the National Park Service Capitalize on its Brand?
A park franchise model could help create a new national park in the North Woods of Maine.
Entering Wildfire
VIDEO: Installation artist and Enviropreneur Institute alum Ethan Turpin works to bridge the gap between researchers and the public.
Breaking the Backlog: 7 Ideas to Address the National Park Deferred Maintenance Problem
Reform ideas that would enable parks to become more self-sufficient and less reliant on Congress for annual appropriations.
Managing Conflicts over Western Rangelands
This PERC Policy Series explores the underlying issues fueling grazing conflicts in the West, as well as what might be done to resolve them.
Federal Land Management Has Been Disastrous
In light of the Malheur standoff, the New York Times asked six contributors “should the government still own so much land in the West, and should its control over that land be reduced?”
Trust Alternatives for Range Resource Allocation
Multiple organizational forms shape range management today, and through a comparison of state, private, and federal lands in the US, this essay helps explain why trust land agencies are not more market-oriented stewards of the land and resources.
Indonesia Under Fire
Forest fires are raging across Southeast Asia, in what is being called “the biggest environmental crime of the twenty-first century.” A lack of property rights is partly to blame for the smoke and fires that plague the area.