Parks Woo the Young

The Economist reports—as we recently did (see: “Hard Times in Rural America”)—that more older people are visiting national parks. The flip side? Fewer young people are visiting. Over the past two decades, the share of visits by Americans ages 48 to 66 has risen by 8 percent, while the share of visitors ages 16 to 30 has dropped by 5 percent. In the end,…