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The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) explores how aligning incentives for environmental stewardship produces sustainable outcomes for land, water, and wildlife.

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  • Unlocking the Conservation Potential of Virtual Fencing

    A Policy Framework for Supporting Innovative Land Management

  • Brian Yablonski Blake Henning

    A Controversial Court Decision is Making Forest Restoration in California More Difficult

    Restoring our forests and reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire will, in large part, require overcoming this legal hurdle.

  • Kat Dwyer

    America’s First Virtual Fence Conservation Fund

    Accepting applicants for innovative conservation projects

  • Virtual Fence Conservation Fund

    PERC’s Virtual Fence Conservation Fund is a quarter-million dollar initiative aimed at empowering ranchers and conservationists to adopt virtual fencing technology on public and private lands.

  • Kat Dwyer

    New Report Lays Out Healthy Path Forward for America’s National Parks

    The new report offers 8 ideas to bolster confidence in the Park Service’s ability to be an effective steward of public lands funding.

  • Tate Watkins

    A Path Forward for America’s Best Idea

    Lessons Learned for Our National Parks From the Great American Outdoors Act

  • Great American Outdoors Act 1.0 in Action

    GAOA Project Snapshots

  • Dominic Parker Dean Lueck

    The Creation and Extent of America’s First Environmental Agencies

    An academic paper exploring why administrative agencies expand and shrink.

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