THE Shoshone National Forest near Dubois, Wyo., is an important part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. But the forest has maintained a money-losing logging program. In any rational system, the ecological, recreation, watershed and wildlife values would easily trump logging in the Shoshone. Even the purely economic cost of logging the Shoshone exceed the benefits. […]

THERE is much talk today about “reinventing government.” The goal is to both improve outcomes and save dollars. The Forest Service is an excellent candidate for such reforms. The Forest Service’s creators are credited with high ideals, but America’s sylvan socialism has suffered the liabilities of socialism elsewhere. The Forest Service was created because of […]

MANY recreationalists bristle at the prospect of recreation fees on our national forests. Why should we pay to hike on “our” land? They are outraged, however, when they encounter clear-cuts near timberline on these same lands. But if they could choose between recreation fees and timber cutting, might fees then be accepted as the lesser […]