How a renewed focus on prescribed fire can help forests from coast to coast.
Types Archives
The Big Burn of 1910 and the Choking of America’s Forests
Decades of fire suppression fuel catastrophic wildfires today.
Snapshots
Examples of free market environmentalism and creative conservation from around the world.
How Environmental Red Tape Inflames Wildfire Risk
While well-intentioned, environmental review requirements prolong much-needed fuel treatments.
Wildfire, Moral Hazard, and Ways to Lessen Risk
A Q&A with PERC Lone Mountain Fellow Judson Boomhower.
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.
Red Tape Prevents Old-Growth Forest Restoration
Ensuring that resources make it to the ground in a timely manner will require policy change.
3 Ways Markets Are Protecting Our Environment
Markets can save the environment. In fact, they’re already doing It.