Grizzly Bear Recovery and Management
Jonathan WoodJonathan Wood's testimony before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on the "Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act."
This Earth Day, Try Conservation Optimism
Brian YablonskiEarth Day is a moment to celebrate the gains of conservation and the natural world.
What Went Wrong With WOTUS
R. David SimpsonReflections on economic valuation and environmental regulation.
Reining in the Wild Horse Crisis
Incentive payments for wild horse and burro adoptions will benefit wild horses and burros, rangeland health, and taxpayer wallets.
Property in Ecology
Jonathan AdlerA new collection of papers on the role of property rights to ecological resources in environmental protection.
This Endangered Species Day, We Should Celebrate Species’ Recovery
Jonathan WoodEndangered Species Day is an appropriate day to consider how markets can help recover the grizzly and other species.
Socialism Is Bad for the Environment
Shawn ReganAs socialist ideas capture the American imagination, it’s important to remember socialism’s dismal environmental legacy.
PERC Research Fellow Offers Solutions on the Future of Grizzly Bears
Jonathan Wood testifies before Congress about best practices for managing delisted bears.
A Bug’s Life
Jonathan WoodThe American burying beetle's recovery should be a cause for celebration, not alarm.
A Market to Convert Flooded Neighborhoods to Wetlands
Jonathan WoodUsing market forces to address flooding.
About PERC
Founded in 1980 in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the home of free market environmentalism. Our research is dedicated to harnessing the power of markets and property rights to improve environmental quality.
Research Areas
Public Lands
Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Earth Day with Holly Fretwell
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
During National Park Week, Remember that Our Parks Need Our Help
With creative approaches we can fill our parks’ financial hole and keep from digging a new one.
The Option Value of Conservation
Is a tree more valuable if harvested now, in a decade, or not at all? These questions tee up the issue of option value.
Wildlife
Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Earth Day with Holly Fretwell
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
PBS: Brian Yablonski on Grizzlies, Wolves, and the Endangered Species Act
An interview with PBS on predator conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
A Breakthrough for Wild Horses in the West?
Using ideas from PERC research, the BLM recently announced a new program to increase wild horse adoptions.
Water
Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Earth Day with Holly Fretwell
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Who Is Responsible for Clean Water?
If federal authority ebbs, will states take the lead on regulating upstream water quality?
Why Punish People Who Try to Clean Up Pollution?
Too often, strict liability deters people from taking steps to improve environmental outcomes.
Private Lands
Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Earth Day with Holly Fretwell
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Property Rights Are the Key to Conserving Maine’s Rockweed
In a win for conservation and property rights, Maine's supreme court decides that rockweed cannot be harvested without owner consent.
Property Rights Are For Everyone—Even American Prairie Reserve
To attack APR's property rights — or to use state resources to formally rebuke the good-faith efforts of a law-abiding conservation organization — is to undermine the property rights of everyone.
Hunters and Anglers
PBS: Brian Yablonski on Grizzlies, Wolves, and the Endangered Species Act
An interview with PBS on predator conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Conserving African Wildlife
Statement prepared by Catherine Semcer and presented by Hannah Downey for the U.S. Department of the Interior's International Wildlife Conservation Council on market approaches for wildlife conservation in Africa.
EconTalk: Catherine Semcer on Poaching, Preserves, and African Wildlife
A podcast on the role of incentives in preserving wildlife in Africa.
Fisheries
Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Earth Day with Holly Fretwell
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Distributional Effects of Environmental Markets
A collection of papers exploring the role market design plays in the distributional consequences of the transition to market-based environmental protection.
Is the Era of Overfishing Coming to a Close in the U.S.?
How catch shares are helping to restore fish populations.
Publications
What Went Wrong With WOTUS
Distributional Effects of Environmental Markets
Volume 37, No.2, Winter 2018
The Road to Recovery
The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Conflict-Mineral Regulation
Volume 37, No.1, Summer 2018
Volume 36, No.2, Winter 2017
A New Landscape: 8 Ideas for the Interior Department
Mobilizing Markets to Reduce Bycatch in Marine Fisheries
Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy: An Economic Perspective
Volume 36, No.1, Summer 2017
