When wildlife conservation success becomes bad news.
Author Archives: hannahdowney
Snapshots
Examples of free market environmentalism in action.
The Science Charade
Calls for more or “better” science will not address the Endangered Species Act’s underlying problems.
Fighting Fire With Finance
How private investment can restore forests and reduce wildfire risk.
The Elephant Permit in the Room
Arbitrary decisions about trophy imports undermine conservation efforts and economic opportunity.
Conflict Minerals or Conflict Policies?
New research on the unintended consequences of conflict-mineral regulation.
The Endangered Species Two-Step
How to prevent extinction and promote recovery.
A No-Nonsense Approach to Recovering Species
How Colorado took endangered species recovery into its own hands.
A Compromise on Property
How human is property?
Restoring Our National Parks
PERC’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources about addressing our parks’ maintenance challenges.