Hannah Downey, PERC’s policy director, joins Caleb O. Brown of the Cato Daily Podcast to discuss the value of forest management in mitigating catastrophic wildfire, and how federal policy often stands in the way.
Fire Suppression v. Forest Management
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Hannah Downey- Associate Vice President of Policy
Hannah Downey is the policy director at PERC, helping to bring PERC ideas to the policy world.
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