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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
Stephen Mather’s Ghost
Revisiting the consensus for national parks.
How Free Market Environmentalism is Transforming Parks
Free market ideas can continue to make “America’s best idea” even better.
Paso Pacifico’s Thin Green Line
Turtle poachers become turtle protectors in Nicaragua.
National Parks Centennial Issue of PERC Reports
As the National Park Service turns 100, creative solutions and responsible policies are needed. This issue of PERC Reports is devoted to exploring some of those ideas.
Back to the Future of America’s National Parks
We should do more than celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. We should ask serious questions about how to improve our national parks.
Let’s Fix Our National Parks, Not Add More
Congress should stop acquiring more federal land for the park system and start maintaining what we’ve already got.
Charter Forests: A New Management Approach for National Forests
Is there room for innovation in national forest management? In this PERC Policy Series, Robert Nelson proposes “charter forests” as a new management approach.
National Trails Day: How much access is enough?
When does more access present a “tragedy of the commons”? National Trails Day is a good time to reconsider the tradeoff between more access and resource stewardship.
Reauthorization and Potential Reforms to the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Using the LWCF to acquire land—without first addressing the billions of dollars in deferred maintenance on the existing federal land—will threaten the ecological health, public accessibility and economic productivity of these precious lands.