PERC Reports

The magazine of Free Market environmentalism

Volume 43, No.1, Summer 2024

Our newest issue of PERC Reports magazine demonstrates the importance of incentives across a wide range of issues PERC has been working on over the past year. From overpopulated wild horses on our public rangelands to dwindling water supplies in the Great Salt Lake, incentives offer a path forward in which conservation goals can be achieved through cooperation that leaves all parties involved better off.

IN THIS ISSUE

Kat Dwyer

Roaming Home

How a new adoption incentive program is helping rein in the wild horse crisis

Todd Wilkinson

To Save a Landmark Lake

As Utahns scramble to rescue the Great Salt Lake, PERC is bringing its expertise in harnessing water markets to confront a “wicked” problem

Tate Watkins

Happy to Pay

Many countries charge international tourists more than residents to visit national parks. Should we do the same here to help fund our national treasures?

R. David Simpson

What's the Deal With NACs?

Natural asset companies have been proposed to boost investment in conservation by selling shares in nature. Can they achieve their financial and ecological goals?