Critical habitat designations can make habitat features a significant liability for private landowners.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
PERC Reports: “Yellowstone” Winter 2021
This special edition of PERC Reports uses “Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues.
Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Successful wildlife conservation depends on respecting property rights and making species an asset rather than a liability.
PERC Reports: Winter 2021
This special edition of PERC Reports brings together researchers, practitioners, and policy experts—and even some “Yellowstone” cast members—to better understand the issues of the Rocky Mountain West.
‘Oh, I’ll Keep ‘em Out’
Good fences make good ranchers
Our Land, Our River?
Property rights to water in the American West
Whose River Runs Through It?
How stream access laws affect recreation and conservation
‘Yellowstone’ and the Endangered Species Act
Incentives for species recovery need more carrot and less stick
Securing a Future for Wolves in the West
Addressing the financial liability, creating an economic asset
Bootleggers and Baptists in ‘Yellowstone’
The series portrays political coalitions without romance