The New Grizzly Hunters
Todd WilkinsonCreative conservationists search for innovative ways to pay for the natural amenities they value.
Brewing Water Conservation in the West
Tate WatkinsA new market in Arizona shows how small innovations can help conserve water in the West—and why many more will be needed in the Colorado River Basin.
PERC and the Endangered Species Act
A collection of ideas on how to improve the Endangered Species Act to promote species recovery.
Like the Stars
Brian YablonskiAs New West meets Old West, conflict is the norm. It doesn’t have to be.
Down the Fracking Hole
Tisha SchullerAfter years on the front lines of Colorado’s energy fights, here’s what I’ve learned about why natural resource issues are so divisive—and what to do about it.
A Permit Runs Through It
Martin DoyleOregon ranchers who set out to restore streams in Silvies Valley find regulatory purgatory.
A Thin(ning) Market?
Jonathan WoodHow new markets can help align incentives that will reduce wildfire risk.
The Pretext Problem
Travis KavullaOur politics is broken when it doesn’t allow participants to state their ends plainly.
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
A Wild Idea to Solve the Wild Horse Problem
If you can’t drag them away, can you pay people to take them away?
Cleaning the Commons
A property rights solution to cleaning up the ocean could position plastic as it's own potential venture.
Solving the Wildfire Crisis Requires Free-Market Solutions
Harnessing market powers to improve wildfire management.
Fisheries
Is the Era of Overfishing Coming to a Close in the U.S.?
How catch shares are helping to restore fish populations.
Conserving Taimen in Mongolia
In Mongolia, Taimen, a fish in the salmon and trout family, are being protected by catch-and-release fishing.
Save Fish, Establish Property Rights
Where property rights have been made clear, secure, and transferable, overfishing has been reduced.
Wildlife
A Wild Idea to Solve the Wild Horse Problem
If you can’t drag them away, can you pay people to take them away?
Big Game Corridors Bring Big Conservation Opportunities
How to better reward landowners for conserving wildlife migration corridor.
Are Invasive Species a Menace or a Blessing? It Depends.
The signal generated by property rights and markets help to identify which invasive species are valued and which are seen as a menace.
Tribes
Tribal Energy Resources: Reducing Barriers to Opportunity
PERC's testimony before the U.S. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy, and Environment's hearing on tribal energy development.
Give Tribes Real Authority in Bears Ears National Monument
It’s time for Congress to act to provide meaningful co-management of Bears Ears to Native Americans.
Give Bears Ears To Native Americans
If tribes are going to get more say in protecting sacred sites, like Bears Ears, they will have to have a greater role than consultation.
Water
Cleaning the Commons
A property rights solution to cleaning up the ocean could position plastic as it's own potential venture.
Property Rights Can Resolve Conflict over Chesapeake Bay Oysters
A market solution that could restore oyster populations and water quality in the Chesapeake.
Are Invasive Species a Menace or a Blessing? It Depends.
The signal generated by property rights and markets help to identify which invasive species are valued and which are seen as a menace.
Private Lands
Big Game Corridors Bring Big Conservation Opportunities
How to better reward landowners for conserving wildlife migration corridor.
The Dusky Gopher Frog’s Day in Court
How we got to today's Supreme Court endangered species case.
Who Pays When Eagles Eat Livestock?
Why transaction costs matter.
Publications
Volume 37, No.1, Summer 2018
The Road to Recovery
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
Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene
Managing Conflicts over Western Rangelands
