Kat Dwyer

Kat Dwyer

Marketing & Media Manager

Kat Dwyer is PERC’s marketing and media manager. She studied economics at San Jose State University and is co-host of the Whiskey Bench podcast. Kat’s writing has been featured in National Review, the Washington Examiner, The National Interest, The Hill, and other outlets. As a student of economics and a lover of the great outdoors, she strives to bring market-based solutions to conservation issues. The innovative work PERC is doing in the conservation realm brought the Bay Area native to Bozeman and, unsurprisingly, she quickly fell in love with Montana’s wild beauty. Outside of work, Kat can be found hiking to mountain peaks and alpine lakes.

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Articles by Kat Dwyer

3 Ways Markets Are Protecting Our Environment

Kat Dwyer

Markets can save the environment. In fact, they’re already doing It.

PERC Expands Leadership Team to Advance Creative Conservation

Kat Dwyer

The new leaders will help PERC realize its five-year vision to conserve land, water, and wildlife through incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

PERC Film Elk in Paradise Wins Prestigious Award

Kat Dwyer

PERC’s short film Elk in Paradise: Rancher, Ecologist, Hunter has won the Atlas Network’s Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award!

Elk Occupancy Agreement Pioneers Private Conservation of Elk Habitat

Kat Dwyer

PERC and GYC have partnered to implement the first elk occupancy agreement in the northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Moves to Rescind Rule Defining “Habitat”

Kat Dwyer

The proposed repeals are likely to exacerbate conflict and alienate private landowners on whom species recovery depends.

Transferable Hunting Permit Programs Can Be a Vital Tool for Conservation

Kat Dwyer

PERC's latest policy brief reviews several different state transferable hunting tag programs and identifies how best to craft a program that promotes wildlife habitat conservation.

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