With summer fast approaching and the snow melting from all but the highest peaks around Bozeman, now is a good time to update our supporters on PERC’s recent accomplishments and upcoming plans.
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World Oceans Day 2015
World Oceans Day brings more good news about the performance of fisheries managed with secure fishing rights.
Bee-pocalypse Now?
Sorry to be a buzzkill, but U.S. honeybee colonies are at a 20-year high.
National Trails Day: How much access is enough?
When does more access present a “tragedy of the commons”? National Trails Day is a good time to reconsider the tradeoff between more access and resource stewardship.
Property Rights and Energy Development
PERC recently gathered scholars to explore the intersection of property rights and energy development in a special issue of the LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources.
How Taxing Organic Products Could Solve California’s Water Shortage
Terry Anderson and Henry Miller explain why taxing California’s organic agricultural production would enable us to get more “crop for the the drop.”
Learning from Success and Failure
In Game Trails magazine, Terry Anderson writes that banning hunting is not the answer to wildlife conservation, and the story of Galana Ranch sadly proves it.
Reauthorization and Potential Reforms to the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Using the LWCF to acquire land—without first addressing the billions of dollars in deferred maintenance on the existing federal land—will threaten the ecological health, public accessibility and economic productivity of these precious lands.
As Earth Day Has Grown, So Have the Eco-Challenges
Miguel Llanos of NBC News surveyed Terry Anderson and other experts who reflect a movement that’s evolved since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970.
Reforming the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the 21st Century
Federal funds from the LWCF are limited to land acquisition and cannot be used for the care and maintenance of existing federal lands.