How environmental analysis delays fuel treatment projects
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Could a Burn Ban Threaten Bozeman’s Water Supply?
Hannah Downey, PERC policy director, on Montana Talks radio program
CBS Sunday Morning: Protecting National Parks from Too Much Love
PERC CEO Brian Yablonski is interviewed on the popular morning show to discuss increased national park visitation.
New Big-Game Migration Partnership Highlights Incentives for Private Working Lands
Conserving migration corridors will be achieved not by designation or regulation, but through voluntary incentives and market signals that reward landowners for conservation.
The Irony of a Burn Ban
There is some risk to prescribed fires, but that risk must be compared to the risk of not conducting fuel treatments and having the forest burn completely.
Testimony on Preventing Pandemics Through U.S. Wildlife-Borne Disease Surveillance
The conservation of intact, healthy ecosystems is the first line of defense against the spillover of zoonotic diseases.
Red Tape Prevents Old-Growth Forest Restoration
Ensuring that resources make it to the ground in a timely manner will require policy change.
Reconnecting Stranded Public Lands is a Win-Win for Conservation and People
Opportunities exist to develop conservation reserve networks in the western US that account for landscape connectivity and that benefit both private landowners and biodiversity conservation efforts through land trades and acquisitions.
Mountain & Prairie Podcast: Action-Oriented Conservationist
A podcast about PERC’s unique approach to conservation and how markets can help address western conservation issues.
3 Ways Markets Are Protecting Our Environment
Markets can save the environment. In fact, they’re already doing It.