In 1872, decades before there was a National Park Service, entrepreneur Jay Cooke saw the opportunity to set Yellowstone aside as a tourist attraction. Terry Anderson tells Cooke’s story, shares the history of the parks, and offers solutions to the National Park Service’s $12 billion deferred maintenance backlog.
Jay Cooke, Yellowstone & Profits
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Terry Anderson
Terry L. Anderson is the former president and executive director of PERC, and the John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
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The Endangered Species Act: Hotel California for Wildlife
This special episode of A Voice for Rural America explores how the ESA could be reformed to achieve better recovery outcomes for listed species.
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Quibbling While the West Burns
In a world where bureaucracy moves slow and wildfires move fast, it’s little surprise that fire keeps winning.
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Western Rangelands Are Overpopulated With Wild Horses. The East Can Help.
Easterners can offer a lifeline to wild horses, helping to rehabilitate Western ecosystems and ensure the well-being of these majestic animals.