[…] document in a nearby Wilderness Study Area, for example, reduced mountain bike trail access from more than 100 miles to 20. Motorbikes also lost considerable trail access. Yellowstone National Park now restricts snowmobile use almost exclusively to guided tours. Other trails in our area have eliminated horses. In addition, the federal lands designated as multiple use […]
[…] able to save species. Think about the difference you could make! Related Content: : Laura Huggins’ book Environmental Entrepreneurship : Hank Fischer on saving the wolves in Yellowstone Park : Michael Lenox and Jeffrey York break down the economic incentives and personal motivations for environmental entrepreneurship : Hank Fischer’s book Wolf Wars : Preserving […]
[…] campgrounds are already managed by private companies, and campers generally aren’t able to tell a difference. A different structure for our treasured public lands could have kept Yellowstone open during the shutdown. Due to the recent government shutdown, federal agents forced privately owned and managed parks to be shut down. However, these private parks […]
[…] and facility upgrades, among other critical infrastructure projects. To name just a few examples, at least $15 million is needed to replace water and wastewater facilities at Yellowstone National Park, and more than $16 million is need to ensure safe drinking water is available at Grand Canyon National Park. Such unfunded maintenance needs adversely […]
While politicians continue the budget cut stalemate, entrepreneurs are quick to provide goods and services to the public. Covered with a winter’s snow, the roads in Yellowstone National Park are typically plowed beginning in March. This year, the federal budget sequestration has cut park funding and postponed road clearing. Local communities, however, depend on […]
“People in this world today crave something real, and our society is lacking that and they could come to Yellowstone and see real nature unfolding in front of their eyes with this very unique personality of a wolf and they loved her. They thought it was great,” said biologist Douglas Smith in December on […]
[…] parts of the country,” says Marris. She quotes one authority that claims that “virtually all the continent’s ecosystems as being in some sense man-made.” “Protected areas like Yellowstone are not the wrong model, but a crucial part of an expanded model,” says Marris. “Such protected areas become anchors, with overlapping zones of various protection […]
After the creation of Yellowstone National Park, Charles Eliot published a letter in a small New England periodical, Forest and Garden. In “Waverly Oaks,” Eliot proposed an infrastructure for protecting “special bits of scenery.” His idea was to preserve lands and open them to the public. Eliot’s idea provided a foundational model for the […]
Terry Anderson, interviewed by John Batchelor, considers the gray wolves in Yellowstone and the apparent paradox that hunting creates a healthy population of wild species. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/JBS%20Anderson%20010313.mp3
[…] discount rate, the present value would easily exceed $200 billion. Then there are the crown jewels: national parks. Disney might pay many billions for the 2.2 million acres of Yellowstone. Throw in Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and the Everglades, and we might be talking another trillion. Why stop there? Uncle Sam possesses any number of other […]