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Because incentives matter for conservation.

The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) explores how aligning incentives for environmental stewardship produces sustainable outcomes for land, water, and wildlife.

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We explore creative solutions to pressing conservative challenges.

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  • Why We’re Suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    PERC and RMEF are fighting to restore a science-based, incentive-driven approach to species conservation.

  • Sara Sutherland Frederik Strabo Eric Edwards

    The Forest Service’s Double-Counting Problem

    Why wildfire-treatment accounting doesn’t add up

  • Kat Dwyer

    Race Against Fire: New Map Reveals Massive Gaps in Forest Protection

    Western forests burning 3x faster than they can be saved, research reveals

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