Salt Lake Tribune – President Trump’s review of recently created national monuments, especially the 1.3 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument, is a unique opportunity to reflect on the uses and abuses of the Antiquities Act. The Bears Ears designation is a cautionary tale of the nearly unlimited power of the president and how that power affects real Americans.
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Inside Sources — Many environmentalists are quick to point to the landmark Clean Air Act of 1970 as the beginning of environmental improvement in America. Studies, however, have shown that innovation and market forces led to improvements as much as 40 years before the act went into effect….
The Hill – This year, during the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), millions of Americans will travel to Yellowstone to experience the grandeur of the world’s first national park. Geysers, waterfalls and wildlife dazzle visitors, but not…
Inside Sources – The presidential election has renewed the debate over conservation versus development on federal public lands. Hillary Clinton has been campaigning on a platform of “collaborative stewardship” to promote both conservation and development. Donald Trump, in his ever-so-eloquent style, said we “have to be great…
The Daily Caller – Yellowstone, our nation’s oldest national park, is a prime example of how time and experience don’t always amount to the best outcomes. Politics have always been a part of national park management, and politics can detract from the best management decisions and lead to unintended consequences.
Duluth News Tribune – This year the National Park Service celebrates its centennial. Despite the celebrations, not everything is well in our national parks. Just this year in Yellowstone, popular media covered stories of a bison calf that was euthanized after tourists put it in their car and a tourist who died when he fell in an acidic hot spring.
Salt Lake Tribune – Strata’s Randy Simmons and Jordan Lofthouse’s op-ed on the unreliability of wind power and the waste of funds that comes with it…