Challenges and policy recommendations
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Engaging Irrigation Districts in Water Markets
Ideas to address modern water scarcity challenges
Saving Water Even as We Grow
Current drought conditions are bad, but they are likely to spur even more water-saving innovations and policy reforms in the future.
Hunting Trophy Bans Risk Undermining ’30×30′ and African Wildlife Conservation
While alternatives to trophy hunting are desirable, no viable options currently exist that would adequately replace lost conservation funding.
A Letter to Congress: Permitting Relief is Needed to Improve the Health of Our Forests
Congress has the opportunity to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires by reforming restoration permitting so critical forest work can be completed in a timely manner.
Promoting Innovation and Diffusing Conflict Over Federal Grazing Lands
PERC urges the Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service to revise its grazing program to give permittees more flexibility and to facilitate markets for voluntary conservation on federal lands.
Conservation Law & Policy Center: We don’t impose conservation, we empower conservation.
PERC’s Conservation Law and Policy Center brings a refreshing new perspective to environmental policy reform, addressing conservation challenges through cooperation, market solutions, and incentives.
Meet the Leaders of PERC’s Conservation Law & Policy Center
A conversation with the leaders of PERC’s new Conservation Law and Policy Center.
PERC Launches New Conservation Law & Policy Center
The Conservation Law and Policy Center links PERC’s research with legal and policy reforms that address conservation challenges through cooperation, market solutions, and incentives.
Opening the Range: Reforms to Allow Markets for Voluntary Conservation on Federal Grazing Lands
“Use it or lose it” requirements can exacerbate conflict by giving ranchers and conservation interests no alternative to political, legal, or administrative conflict.