[…] maintenance, excessive spending, and neglect of natural resources.” Because the current system relies on congressional appropriations, park and forest managers must cater to Washington politics. For example, Yellowstone National Park has an outmoded sewer system that has discharged raw sewage into native trout streams. Yet Glacier National Park rebuilds a little-used backcountry chalet system […]
Bozeman Daily Chronicle August 4, 1999 By Richard Stroup The special corner of God’s country called Yellowstone National Park is constantly in the news — and the news is often bad. We learn that there are too many visitors, too many elk, too many crumbling roads, and not enough money. On July 25 […]
[…] provide quality wood products, but the same management techniques can also create forests that are hospitable to wildlife. Burn It! In 1988, fire burned nearly one-third of Yellowstone National Park, an area greater than the state of Delaware. “The changes in light were rapid, intense and immediate. From orange to startling white, to sepia […]
[…] habitat, and O’Neill’s company. Some of America’s most treasured natural landmarks were preserved by entrepreneurs. These “enviro-capitalists” captured the amenity values and profited from their preservation efforts. Yellowstone National Park owes its existence in large part to Jay Cooke of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Because he foresaw a lucrative business providing transportation and tourist […]
[…] prices, stores closed, and long-time residents left town. Joseph Frank Crisafulli, a local businessman, knew there was a hidden asset just outside of town, in the lower Yellowstone River. The paddlefish, a large bottom fish with a paddle-like snout, is prized for its white meat. It draws tourists each spring to the Glendive area. […]
[…] and enhance the recreational experience. Smart managers take fees collected from boaters for launch facilities and invest them in improving the sites. In national parks such a Yellowstone or Yosemite, higher entrance fees are giving park superintendents the resources necessary to improve roads, sewage systems, and interpretative exhibits. The adage “he who pays the […]
[…] out claim rights if it wants the use of the land for some other reason. This accounts for the celebrated Crown Butte case in an area near Yellowstone Park. Crown Butte has established discovery for a number of claims that had been mined periodically from the 1890s through the 1950s. (Often technological innovations will […]
[…] local entrepreneur in the sprinkler irrigation business, found that something – paddlefish eggs. Crisafulli knew that many people came to Glendive each spring to fish the lower Yellowstone River for paddlefish, a large prehistoric fish with a long, paddle-like snout. Anglers prize the fish for their delicious white meat and their size; they grow […]
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 […]
[…] sewer systems are falling apart. The Park Service says it has a $4.5 billion backlog of construction improvements and an $800 million backlog of major maintenance.(1) Even Yellowstone Park, the crown jewel of the national park system, is crumbling. Cost estimates to fix its pothole-ridden roads run as high as $340 million (Wilkinson 1991). […]