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  • Andrew P. Morriss

    Incentivizing Contractors to Be Wetlands Conservationists

    How states can license contractors rather than regulate parcels after Sackett

  • Jessie Bough

    Want to conserve land? Help keep farmers on it.

    Finding more innovative ways to make conservation work for working lands will improve the odds that farms stay in the family.

  • Conner Harwood

    Water Leasing Can Rescue Montana’s Coldwater Fisheries

    SB178 allows water rights holders to lease their rights temporarily to new beneficial uses, including instream flows.

  • PERC Reports Magazine Survey

    We’d love your feedback!

  • Active Stewardship, Not Passive Preservation

    PERC’s public comment on the proposed recission of the Roadless Rule.

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    Tate Watkins

    American Buffalo Roam Again Thanks to Privatization

    We can honor the legacy of our national mammal by supporting the ranchers and markets bringing it back.

  • Sophie Gilbert

    Trump wants more roads in the forests. Here’s the catch.

    The current rule is rigid but has served a critical purpose.

  • McLean Albritton

    Improving Species Recovery Act, Explained

    The bill would connect measurable recovery progress to regulatory flexibility

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