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Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation
How Visitors Can Keep National Parks from Being Loved to Death
Fee revenues not only help manage the snowballing costs of visitor impacts amidst record attendance, they can also ensure we preserve parks into the future.
Tending National Parks: What would you pay?
Watch PERC’s latest short film that explores how user fees can empower park visitors to directly contribute to the care and maintenance of our national parks.
Improve Policies to Reduce the Risk of Future Catastrophic Wildfires
After a summer of flames and smoke, policymakers can—and must—improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires.
Private Conservation Efforts Offer Answers to Our Environmental Challenges
A podcast discussing environmental policy under the Biden administration.
Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation
A podcast on free market environmentalism and how it’s being applied today.
Yearly Catastrophic Wildfires Don’t Need to Be the New Normal
A podcast on the wildfire crisis and how to mitigate it going forward.
Allow “Nonuse Rights” to Conserve Natural Resources
Allowing such “nonuse rights” to public natural resources would enable markets to advance environmental goals, leading to more stable and less contentious outcomes.
PERC Research in Science Magazine: “Allow ‘nonuse rights’ to conserve natural resources”
By allowing for non-use rights, environmentalists can express their values in the marketplace, rather than relying on political, legal, or administrative processes.
Climate Change Isn’t the Only Reason for Wildfire
To foster more resilient forests and healthier fire cycles, forest restoration must be prioritized.