Land Management

Incentives Matter

Originally published in Michigan Privatization Report

People who believe government is a better manager of environmental quality than private land owners should look at the record of government-sponsored environmental failures. Local, state, and federal governments have far from pristine records when it comes to management of ecologically sensitive wilderness areas.

People who believe government is a better manager of environmental quality than private land owners should look at the record of government-sponsored environmental failures. Local, state, and federal governments have far from pristine records when it comes to management of ecologically sensitive wilderness areas.

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