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An Economic Guide to State Wildlife Management

  By Dean Lueck Complete Research Study PDF Executive Summary About the Author About PERC Research Studies In the United States, each state has an agency, long known as a game department, that oversees the management of wildlife. These administrative agencies, staffed by bureaucrats, are facing challenges that are forcing change. Specifically, the departments areContinue reading “An Economic Guide to State Wildlife Management”

Eco-Industrial Parks:

Eco-Industrial Parks: The Case for Private Planning RS-00-1:  2000 by Pierre Desrochers Executive Summary About the Author About PERC Research Studies Industrial ecologists are championing eco-industrial parks or EIPs as tools for pursuing sustainable development. An EIP is a community of companies located in one region that exchange and make use of each other’s by-products orContinue reading “Eco-Industrial Parks:”

Good Samaritan Abandoned or Inactive Mine Waste Remediation Act

June 21, 2000 Testimony to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water By David Gerard PERC Research Associate PERC is the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit institute dedicated to original research that advocates using market principles to address environmental problems. More than 90 percent of our funding comes from foundations and individual donors. As partContinue reading “Good Samaritan Abandoned or Inactive Mine Waste Remediation Act”

Don Leal on Self-Supporting National Parks

July 10, 1997 Statement for the Subcommittee on Parks and Public Lands By Donald R. Leal PERC Senior Associate “I believe the time will come when Yellowstone, Yosemite, Mount Rainier, Sequoia, and General Grant national parks and probably one or more members of the system will yield sufficient revenue to cover costs of administration andContinue reading “Don Leal on Self-Supporting National Parks”

Parks in Transition

This sketch of 27 state parks systems between 1980 and 1994, offers a brief look at the physical characteristics of each park system, its amenities and programs, visitation, fees and funding sources. A companion to the PERC Policy Series: Back to the Future to Save Our Parks, it examines the feasibility of creating self-sufficient parks, and includes specific policy recommendations.