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Transferable Hunting Permit Programs Can Be a Vital Tool for Conservation
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.
Conserving Wildlife Habitat with Landowner Hunting Permits
Lessons from western states to enhance voluntary conservation on private lands.
Private Conservation Efforts Offer Answers to Our Environmental Challenges
A podcast discussing environmental policy under the Biden administration.
Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation
A podcast on free market environmentalism and how it’s being applied today.
Yearly Catastrophic Wildfires Don’t Need to Be the New Normal
A podcast on the wildfire crisis and how to mitigate it going forward.
Public Comment on the Revision of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-footed Ferrets in the Southwest
PERC weighs in on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed rule revision.
Public Comment on Proposed 4(d) Rule for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
PERC weighs in on how to improve endangered species recovery.
Allow “Nonuse Rights” to Conserve Natural Resources
Allowing such “nonuse rights” to public natural resources would enable markets to advance environmental goals, leading to more stable and less contentious outcomes.
PERC Research in Science Magazine: “Allow ‘nonuse rights’ to conserve natural resources”
By allowing for non-use rights, environmentalists can express their values in the marketplace, rather than relying on political, legal, or administrative processes.