This year, the Utah Legislature continued its efforts to pioneer the state’s water policy, ensuring more water reaches the Great Salt Lake through the voluntary actions of water rights holders
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Wildlife Management Must Be Driven by Science, Not Politics
PERC’s amicus brief in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Advancing Conservation Through Virtual Livestock Fencing
An academic paper exploring virtual fencing technology’s potential to facilitate conservation.
Conservation Partners Launch Yellowstone Ecosystem Virtual Fence Collaborative
Ricketts Conservation Foundation and PERC are investing $600,000 to deploy transformative technology across one of North America’s most iconic ecosystems
It’s Time to Make the Endangered Species Act Work Better for Recovery
PERC testifies before the Senate on pragmatic solutions to boost species recovery under the ESA.
New PERC Report: Transferable Tax Credits Expand Participation in Conservation Easements
Research shows market-based reforms make conservation easements more accessible for farmers and ranchers while protecting higher-value lands.
Trading Green
How transferable tax credits supercharge conservation easements
The Endangered Species Act Regulatory Reform Pendulum Swings Again—Possibly For the Final Time
If the courts and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can agree, then the regulatory pendulum might finally come to a stop.
Predators and Precedents: Grizzly Bears, Joe Pickett, and the Law of Delisting
This academic paper examines how popular culture, legal frameworks, and conservation science intersect to shape wildlife policy.
Don’t Let Federal Agencies Revoke Permits Without Consequence
For American Prairie and other western ranchers, permit certainty would mean that decades-old grazing privileges on federal land would be honored as valid property rights.