As part of PERC’s Lone Mountain Forum, “Reconciling Economics and Ecology,” PERC Board Member Steven Hayward sits down with author Charles Mann to revisit contemporary understandings of the pre-Columbian world.
The Pre-Columbian World Revisited
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Public Comment: Conservation Requires Better Wild Horse and Burro Management
PERC joined with conservation partners to submit a public comment supporting incentives to restore healthy herds and rangelands.
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PERC Reports Magazine, Summer 2026
A special issue exploring American conservation history as the nation turns 250.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Lost Founding Father of American Conservation
Two years before he authored the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set out on the lifelong project of conserving Virginia’s Natural Bridge. Michaelle Browers has described the effort as “perhaps the first major act of nature preservation in the new republic.” The man who would be Governor of Virginia and President of the United StatesContinue reading "The Pre-Columbian World Revisited"