PERC Policy Director Hannah Downey and Senator Steve Daines (MT) join Representative Dan Newhouse (WA), chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, on his podcast A Voice for Rural America to discuss conservation policy in the rural West. The group discusses the importance of locally-led and voluntary conservation efforts and also dig into the recently released Western Conservation Principles, an alternative to President Biden’s America the Beautiful initiative.
Western Conservation Principles
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Hannah Downey
- Policy Director
Hannah Downey is the policy director at PERC, helping to bring PERC ideas to the policy world.
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