Dusty Wunderlich explains how he discovered the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and how its efforts to protect the environment resonate with his Misesian principles. (Wunderlich’s article was originally published by the Mises Institute.) He discusses the Paradise Valley Brucellosis Compensation Fund. Image of Paradise Valley, Montana, is from Holtzter of Pixabay.
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Ron DeSantis, Conservationist
In addition to being known for successful state management, Florida governor Ron DeSantis has a good environmental record, writes James B. Meigs in the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. His article is titled “Ron DeSantis, Conservationist.” Although not a free market environmentalist, DeSantis has withstood special interests, especially sugar growers; increased state funding for dealing with fertilizer…
Why Can’t Conservation Groups Buy or Lease Federal Land?
By and large,, conservation groups in the United States cannot buy or lease federal land or water rights and apply them to conservation goals. That is, they cannot obtain cattle grazing rights to let bison roam; “mining rights” to leave the minerals in the ground; timber leases to stop cutting trees; or federally supplied water…