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Forest Service

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Forest Service

Brickbat: Out of the Woods

Charles Oliver | 9.8.2025 4:00 AM

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Crony Capitalism

How Overregulation Burned Out Competition in the Fire Retardant Industry

Companies chose to exit the market rather than deal with the excessive regulations baked into the industry.

Tosin Akintola | 8.7.2025 1:50 PM

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Bureau of Land Management

The Feds Have Been Warehousing Wild Horses in Efforts to Preserve Them

A wild-animal preservation program has become a scheme for corralling captive beasts that bother cattle ranchers.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.30.2019 6:00 AM

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Federal land management

The Case Against the Case for Federal Land Management

A new book throws red meat to "public land advocates," but its arguments leave a lot to be desired.

Robert Nelson | 3.18.2019 6:00 AM

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Lifestyle

D.C. vs. the Wide Open West

The relationship between the people who inhabit those spaces and their distant and often distrusted imperial government.

J.D. Tuccille | 12.24.2018 6:00 AM

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