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PERC Podcast: What are the economics of wildfire?
AUDIO: What are the economics of wildfire? What policy reforms would foster more efficient fire management? At PERC’s 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, authors Dean Lueck and Jon Yoder share the findings from their policy report Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy: An Economic Perspective.
PERC Podcast: How can landowners mitigate wildfire risk?
AUDIO: Fire is an important tool for managing landscapes. How can landowners mitigate wildfire risk and foster rangeland health? At PERC’s 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, the Noble Foundation’s Chad Ellis shares best practices for prescribed burns.
PERC Podcast: Does public perception of wildfire risk shape policy?
AUDIO: At PERC’s 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, political scientist Sarah Anderson shares findings from the Bren School’s Strategic Environmental Research Initiative on Wildfire and Climate Change (SERI Fire).
PERC Podcast: How do public land managers assess wildfire risk?
AUDIO: How do public land managers assess wildfire risk? At PERC’s 2016 Wildfire Solutions Summit, Dave Calkin, a wildfire economist and research forester with the U.S. Forest Service, discussed challenges faced by the fire management community and offered ideas for navigating budgetary constraints and policy restrictions to better manage the firescape.
Opponents to Timber Sale Have an Option: Buy It
The state has a legal obligation to earn revenue from trust lands, but some groups would prefer that the trees in Limestone Creek remain standing. Is there a way forward?
Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy: An Economic Perspective
In this PERC Policy Series essay, Dean Lueck and Jonathan Yoder use economics to examine wildfire management and current wildfire policy debates.
Better Bred Than Dead
Is wildlife breeding an acceptable conservation strategy?
Allow Popular National Parks to Charge for Attendance
The national parks are often celebrated as America’s best idea, but we are loving the idea to death.
Wildfire Solutions Summit: July 2016
Entering Wildfire from Bright Eye Cinema on Vimeo. Learn more about wildfire at PERC.org/wildfire. IMMERSIVE ART EXPERIENCE Walk into wildfire at The Foundry at 16 S Tracy, downtown Bozeman. Experience an immersive wildfire video installation by collaborating artists Ethan Turpin and Jonathan Smith. Reception: Thursday, July 21st from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm S’mores and drinks available. Installation openContinue reading “Wildfire Solutions Summit: July 2016”