PERC CEO Brian Yablonski joins Dylan Bagnasco of the Land Ethic podcast to discuss free market environmentalism. Brian notes that a market-based approach to conservation will be more sustainable and insulated from fickle political winds. The two discussed Brian’s history as the chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, how a free-market approach to environmentalism works, and current PERC research such as wildfire and forest management, the role of private lands in wildlife conservation, and water markets.
Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation
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Brian Yablonski
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Brian Yablonski is the chief executive officer of PERC and the former chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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The Endangered Species Act Regulatory Reform Pendulum Swings Again—Possibly For the Final Time
If the courts and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can agree, then the regulatory pendulum might finally come to a stop.
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Predators and Precedents: Grizzly Bears, Joe Pickett, and the Law of Delisting
This academic paper examines how popular culture, legal frameworks, and conservation science intersect to shape wildlife policy.
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Don’t Let Federal Agencies Revoke Permits Without Consequence
For American Prairie and other western ranchers, permit certainty would mean that decades-old grazing privileges on federal land would be honored as valid property rights.
