Public-Private Eco-tourism Partnership Fails

The goal was an innovative public-private partnership to promote eco-tourism on Midway island. The result was a disaster.

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June 27, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The public visitation program at the refuge has been shut down since January, when the private contractor that ran a small resort here left. The company said the venture was unprofitable, thanks to a 'total lack of flexibility' on the part of the US Fish & Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge. The agency, in turn, offers similar criticisms of its former partner."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: How paradise lost a radical public-private venture

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 in The Christian Science Monitor

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