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  • Road along desert landscape

    Five Ideas to Survive a Hot, Dry Summer

    The West is dry, overdue for fire, and running low on water. The institutions meant to help are struggling to keep up. Here’s where to start.

  • PERC CEO at the introduction of the America the Beautiful Act

    Bipartisan National Parks Bill Inspired by PERC Ideas Passes Senate Committee Unanimously

    Legislation championed by Sen. Daines and Sen. King advances without opposition; bill draws directly on PERC research to tackle the park maintenance backlog

  • When Suing Pays Better Than Saving Land

    PERC testifies before Congress on the perverse incentives driving environmental litigation

  • New Research Outlines Strategies to Protect Maine’s Last Mature Forests

    Study finds market-based conservation approaches can safeguard rare old-growth forests while respecting private landownership

  • Jonathan Thompson Adam Daigneault Joshua Plisinski

    Conserving the Last Mature Forests in Maine

    Pathways to protect the state’s remaining late-successional and old-growth forests

  • Tate Watkins

    PERC Convenes Park Leaders and Researchers to Contemplate National Park Stewardship

    PERC hosted some of the country’s leading national park officials, researchers, partners, and policy experts to discuss the future of America’s “best idea.”

  • Dylan Soares

    Restoring Rivers Requires Cooperation, not Litigation Shortcuts

    An amicus brief in a case before the California Supreme Court case on restoring flows to California’s rivers

  • Kat Dwyer

    New Report: Proactive Forest Management Delivers Up to 6x Savings and Billions in Avoided Losses

    Peer-reviewed research published in Science underscores economic and ecological case for fuel treatments

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