The Whitehouse boasts that it has opened up 59 million acres for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and has increased leases for oil and gas drilling on federal land.
Wildlife officials and environmental researchers offer different explanations for the decline in hunting, including rural depopulation, higher gas prices and the increased leasing of land by small exclusive clubs or the posting of "No Hunting" signs by private land owners.
He is also intent on increasing the leasing of state land to farmers in an attempt to boost dismal agricultural output.
Mr. Castro has vowed to maintain socialism while taking steps like expanding the ranks of the self-employed and increasing the leasing of state land for private farming, all subject to heavy taxation.
The 1996 law comprised an agreement between New York State and cottage residents: they would get eight final years to spend in the cottages, in exchange for giving up ownership of the cottages themselves and increasing their lease fees to create an endowment for maintaining the park in perpetuity.
This will come from a combination of guideline increases, lease renewals, vacancy rent increases, major capital improvements, more efficient operations and the new owner's ability to put a stop to illegal occupancy.
Triangle put in $200,000 worth of renovations and renewed the original tenants' leases, increasing the annual rents about 5percentto to $25 a square foot, including taxes and common area maintenance fees.
For even with the losses that some in the industry have encountered, automakers will increase their lease business in response to customer demand -- and especially if they start to lose many lease customers.
By acquiring AmeriCredit, GM will be able to increase its leasing business and offer loans to more customers with less than perfect credit.
In 2003, one-year leases increased 4.5percentt, but two-year leases increased 7.5percentt.
