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PERC Reports: Summer 2022
This special issue of PERC Reports explores the thorny issues of forest management, wildfire mitigation, and regulatory reform.
Turning Fire Risk Into Financial Reward
Many public forests in need of restoration are overgrown with small timber. These resources hold tremendous value—if innovative markets can put them to use.
REPORT: Red tape is making wildfires worse
New research provides the most comprehensive analysis of NEPA’s impact on wildfire mitigation.
Does Environmental Review Worsen the Wildfire Crisis?
How environmental analysis delays fuel treatment projects
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.