If legislators provide an implicit blank check for fighting fires, they risk spurring more development in fire-prone areas.
Author Archives: tatewatkins
Lacking Consensus, Monument Designations Breed Endless Conflict
Relying on the government to protect ecologically sensitive areas puts those protection in jeopardy every election.
Inflexible Regulation of Utah’s Endangered Prairie Dog Antithetical to Conservation
PERC files an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of environmental federalism.
Pipelines v. Property Rights
Amid a natural-gas boom aided by fracking, the use of eminent domain to build pipelines has exacerbated conflicts.
Q&A with Kerry Smith on the National Flood Insurance Program
Kerry Smith discusses the federal flood insurance program in light of Hurricane Harvey.
Maine Rockweed Harvesting Dispute Underlines Importance of Property Rights
PERC and the Pacific Legal Foundation recently filed an amicus brief in support of Maine property owners.
Can You Pay People to Leave Trees Standing Halfway Around the World?
An experiment in western Uganda underscores a key lesson about how to align conservation incentives with people, wherever they may be: if you want it, buy it.
POTUS takes on WOTUS
It took the Obama administration many months to develop, propose, and promulgate its WOTUS rule, and it will take just as long to revise or undo it.
Access Divided Figure 2 Update
Here is the updated data (attached PDF) used for Figure 2 of Access Divided. Sources Source for state park data: National Association of State Park Directors. Annual Information Exchange Statistical Report of State Park Operations (NASPD AIX). 2014, (2012-2013 data). Source for national park data: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics, Recreation Visitation By StateContinue reading “Access Divided Figure 2 Update”
PERC at Cheyenne Mountain Resort: July 2016
Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation Friday, July 22, 2016 8:00 am – Noon Cheyenne Mountain Resort 3225 Broadmoor Valley Road Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 Can economic growth promote environmental quality? Can private property rights and the rule of law do a better job of protecting the environment than government bureaucracies and regulations? Continue reading “PERC at Cheyenne Mountain Resort: July 2016”