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National Parks

Abolish the National Park Service

Revising how America's most beautiful public lands are protected would create more ways for Americans to interact with some of the best parts of the country.

Eric Boehm | 11.14.2024 6:00 AM

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Political Correctness

William Penn Statue Reversal Shows Positive Power of Social Media

In an era when X (formerly Twitter) is blamed for all the ills of the world, here's a case where it did good.

Nick Gillespie | 1.10.2024 3:50 PM

Wildlife

Monday Bear Blogging: Find Your Way Home Edition

Mondays are good days for bear stories, even if we have not posted any in a while.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.19.2022 10:00 AM

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Wildfires

Fight Fire With Fire

What Florida gets right about using controlled burns to prevent damaging wildfires, and what California could learn from it.

Tate Watkins | 7.21.2022 2:25 PM

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National Parks

Complicated Rules For Foraging Aren't Helping Our National Parks

Let the people pick berries!

Baylen Linnekin | 4.6.2019 8:00 AM

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Supreme Court

Hovercraft-Driving Moose Hunter Is Big Winner at SCOTUS Today

John Sturgeon can once again "rev up his hovercraft" to hunt moose on Alaska's rivers, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously.

Eric Boehm | 3.26.2019 4:07 PM

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Government

Don't Tie Tragic National Park Deaths to the Government Shutdown

Some news outlets have insinuated that the government shutdown is to blame for several tragic deaths. Statistics say otherwise.

Zuri Davis | 1.8.2019 5:15 PM

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National Parks

Private Companies Are Paying to Keep Yellowstone Clean During Shutdown

They have a profit-based incentive to keep the tourists coming.

Eric Boehm | 1.7.2019 10:35 AM

National Parks

Stop Pretending the Smithsonian, National Park Closures Are a Crisis

Yes, the government shutdown is to blame. No, it's not that big of a deal.

Joe Setyon | 1.2.2019 2:30 PM

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Protests

Demonstrators Might Have to Pay a Fee to Protest on the National Mall

The National Park Service says there's an "enormous cost" to managing large political protests.

Joe Setyon | 8.9.2018 2:20 PM

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National Parks

The Puffy Coat Makers at Patagonia Want You to Subsidize Their Rich Customers

There are better ways to pay for hiking trails.

Tate Watkins | 2.3.2018 7:00 AM

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Police Abuse

Fairfax Police Chief Releases Video of Fatal U.S. Park Police Shooting

The FBI has not released the names of the cops or any other information since opening an investigation.

Ed Krayewski | 1.25.2018 12:03 PM

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National Monuments

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Review Proposes Shrinking 4 of 27 National Monuments

Environmental activists go ballistic.

Ronald Bailey | 8.25.2017 6:15 PM

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Donald Trump

Trump, Twitter, and the Revolt of the Permanent Government

Trump rose to power on tweets; maybe tweets will take him down too.

Ronald Bailey | 1.26.2017 2:45 PM

E-cigarettes

National Park Service Will Permanently Ban Vaping Wherever it Bans Smoking

Updating rules to include "the use of electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems" in national parks.

Nick Gillespie | 1.5.2017 1:30 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Find Your Own Path

Charles Oliver | 10.28.2016 4:00 AM

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New York City

Shut Up, Stonewall

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2016 6:00 AM

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LGBT

Celebrate the History of the Stonewall Riots by Following All These Rules!

LGBT history gets its first national monument and all that entails.

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2016 3:50 PM

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Trans

Memorialize Stonewall by Remembering It Was About Fighting Government-Endorsed Punishment

Learn from history and stop trying to use the law to hurt others.

Scott Shackford | 5.4.2016 3:00 PM

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National Parks

American Prairie Reserve Announces the 'Ken Burns American Heritage' Prize

The documentary filmmaker is teaming up with the privately funded conservation group.

Meredith Bragg | 4.23.2016 1:30 PM

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Policy

Oysters vs. the State

The fight to save a California oyster farm from the National Park Service

Rona Kobell | 7.27.2015 10:30 AM

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Policy

Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play

Restoring the herds and landscape seen by Lewis and Clark

Ronald Bailey | 7.13.2015 8:30 AM

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Drones

Flying a Hobby Drone in a National Park? That's a Tasering.

Man shocked (geddit?) by park ranger's behavior.

Scott Shackford | 4.29.2015 1:10 PM

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Policy

How The Feds Lied to Help Kill an Oyster Business in California

Brian Doherty | 1.21.2015 4:11 PM

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Politics

Journalist Enters Closed Public Park, Finds Self in Federal Court, Ends Up Scrubbing Toilets

Zenon Evans | 10.7.2014 1:15 PM

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Free Press

Do You Have a Permit to Capture Those Trees on Film, Citizen?

Scott Shackford | 9.24.2014 4:20 PM

Policy

Yes, the Government Can Turn Even the Grand Canyon Into a Money Pit

J.D. Tuccille | 9.2.2014 11:35 AM

Science & Technology

Predictions of a Man-Made Sixth Mass Extinction May Be Exaggerated

Urbanization, forest, and agricultural trends point in a more hopeful direction

Ronald Bailey | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

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Policy

Brickbat: Out of Season

Charles Oliver | 4.29.2014 6:00 AM

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Policy

Out of Season

Charles Oliver | 4.29.2014 6:00 AM

Economics

The Repeated Reinvention of Gettysburg

The evolution of a national shrine.

Jesse Walker | 11.19.2013 3:33 PM

Policy

Boy Scouts Boot Two Men Involved in Destruction of Rock Formation in Utah

Glenn Taylor toppled a 170 million-year-old formation in Goblin Valley State Park

Reason Staff | 10.22.2013 10:10 AM

Policy

Men Could Face Criminal Charges For Pushing Over Rock Formation in Utah

Goblin Valley State Park

Reason Staff | 10.18.2013 5:00 PM

Politics

Park Service Chief Ripped by GOP over Closure Tactics

Brought before House for hearing about methods behind closing things that didn't need to be closed

Reason Staff | 10.17.2013 3:10 PM

Policy

It's Time To Let Somebody Competent Run National Parks (Hint: Private Enterprise)

J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2013 8:10 PM

Politics

National Parks Shutdown Costing Money, Not Saving It

Something that produces revenue for the government via voluntary action. Can't have that!

Reason Staff | 10.15.2013 6:00 PM

Culture

Lost Hunter Survived 19 Days in California Forest

By hunting for food, of course.

Reason Staff | 10.14.2013 6:00 PM

Politics

Department of the Interior Considering Reopening Some National Parks

Shutdown fight in Washington D.C. in its second week

Reason Staff | 10.10.2013 5:50 PM

Politics

Republican Lawmakers To Look Into Reports of Feds Kicking Families Out of Their Homes Amid Government Shutdown

Some homes and private businesses are on federal land

Reason Staff | 10.7.2013 5:30 PM

Politics

Government Shutdown: Planet of the Apes Remix

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.5.2013 6:00 PM

Politics

House Passes Spending Bills For Some Programs, District of Columbia

Democrats not fans of "piecemeal" strategy

Reason Staff | 10.3.2013 9:10 AM

Politics

The pettiness of it all

Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 4:10 PM

Politics

Iowa Park Staff Gets Permission to Continue Looking for Lost Hiker

Granted exemption from furloughs

Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 4:00 PM

Politics

Vets Again Bypass WWII Memorial Blockades

It's an outdoor space

Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 2:40 PM

Politics

Feds Order Shutdown of Park It Doesn't Fund or Staff

Going a little overboard, aren't we?

Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 2:00 PM

Politics

Who Knew that National Parks Were Such a Vital National Interest?

Nick Gillespie | 10.2.2013 12:24 PM

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Politics

Workers Attempt To Block Off WWII Memorial Again (UPDATE: Vets Back In)

But more veterans are coming

Scott Shackford | 10.2.2013 10:18 AM

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Politics

UPDATED: House Republicans Set To Vote on Reopening Some Parts of the Government

Matthew Feeney | 10.1.2013 8:24 PM

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