PERC’s Vice President of Law and Policy joined John Batchelor on The John Batchelor Show to discuss a variety of PERC’s recent research including how a market for tradable quotas could limit the number of eagle deaths from wind energy, how environmental reviews and litigation delay urgently needed forest restoration, and the productive role markets could play in conserving limited water resources in the Western U.S.
Jonathan Wood is vice president of law and policy at PERC, leading PERC’s Conservation Law and Policy Center.
While climate shifts may deepen the risks of wildfire, the primary drivers are policy-related.
Today’s decision penalizes conservation by holding the expansion of these populations against their delisting.
This special issue of PERC Reports explores creative ideas to address the conservation challenges of the Pacific Northwest.