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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
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
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
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
Complicated Rules For Foraging Aren't Helping Our National Parks
Let the people pick berries!
Baylen Linnekin | 4.6.2019 8:00 AM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Review Proposes Shrinking 4 of 27 National Monuments
Environmental activists go ballistic.
Ronald Bailey | 8.25.2017 6:15 PM
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
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
Brickbat: Find Your Own Path
Charles Oliver | 10.28.2016 4:00 AM
Shut Up, Stonewall
Scott Shackford | 9.11.2016 6:00 AM
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
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
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
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
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
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
How The Feds Lied to Help Kill an Oyster Business in California
Brian Doherty | 1.21.2015 4:11 PM
Journalist Enters Closed Public Park, Finds Self in Federal Court, Ends Up Scrubbing Toilets
Zenon Evans | 10.7.2014 1:15 PM
Do You Have a Permit to Capture Those Trees on Film, Citizen?
Scott Shackford | 9.24.2014 4:20 PM
Yes, the Government Can Turn Even the Grand Canyon Into a Money Pit
J.D. Tuccille | 9.2.2014 11:35 AM
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
Brickbat: Out of Season
Charles Oliver | 4.29.2014 6:00 AM
Out of Season
Charles Oliver | 4.29.2014 6:00 AM
The Repeated Reinvention of Gettysburg
The evolution of a national shrine.
Jesse Walker | 11.19.2013 3:33 PM
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
Men Could Face Criminal Charges For Pushing Over Rock Formation in Utah
Goblin Valley State Park
Reason Staff | 10.18.2013 5:00 PM
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
It's Time To Let Somebody Competent Run National Parks (Hint: Private Enterprise)
J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2013 8:10 PM
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
Lost Hunter Survived 19 Days in California Forest
By hunting for food, of course.
Reason Staff | 10.14.2013 6:00 PM
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
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
Government Shutdown: Planet of the Apes Remix
Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.5.2013 6:00 PM
House Passes Spending Bills For Some Programs, District of Columbia
Democrats not fans of "piecemeal" strategy
Reason Staff | 10.3.2013 9:10 AM
Less Popular DC Memorials Remain Open
The pettiness of it all
Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 4:10 PM
Iowa Park Staff Gets Permission to Continue Looking for Lost Hiker
Granted exemption from furloughs
Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 4:00 PM
Vets Again Bypass WWII Memorial Blockades
It's an outdoor space
Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 2:40 PM
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
Who Knew that National Parks Were Such a Vital National Interest?
Nick Gillespie | 10.2.2013 12:24 PM
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
UPDATED: House Republicans Set To Vote on Reopening Some Parts of the Government
Matthew Feeney | 10.1.2013 8:24 PM