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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President Trump Issues Executive Order Codifying PERC’s Proposal to Increase International Visitor Fees for National Parks
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A groundbreaking win for wildfire resilience, land stewardship, and collaborative conservation across the state
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Promoting Smarter Conservation at the Interior Department
PERC filed a suite of public comments to reduce regulatory burdens and advance environmental stewardship.