The home of free market environmentalism
If the enthusiasm for enjoying public lands can be better channeled into user-funded mechanisms that support the maintenance and improvement of them, then outdoor recreationists of all stripes would have much to gain.
Jonathan Wood's testimony before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on the "Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act."
As socialist ideas capture the American imagination, it’s important to remember socialism’s dismal environmental legacy.
A collection of PERC research on how we fund and maintain outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands.
PERC is pleased to announce Dan Szmurlo and Vanessa Elizondo as recipients of our 2019 awards for graduate fellows.
States and markets can create clearer environmental standards tailored to local concerns and needs.
Recreationists have the chance to fund a promising future for public lands by looking to themselves rather than Congress for solutions.
Increased visitation represents an opportunity for hikers to put their money where their footprints are and help fund public lands directly.
PERC and the Pacific Legal Foundation file an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit in support of grizzly conservation.
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.
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
With creative approaches we can fill our parks’ financial hole and keep from digging a new one.
Is a tree more valuable if harvested now, in a decade, or not at all? These questions tee up the issue of option value.
Endangered Species Day is an appropriate day to consider how markets can help recover the grizzly and other species.
Jonathan Wood testifies before Congress about best practices for managing delisted bears.
The American burying beetle's recovery should be a cause for celebration, not alarm.
Using market forces to address flooding.
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
If federal authority ebbs, will states take the lead on regulating upstream water quality?
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Earth Day is a moment to celebrate the gains of conservation and the natural world.
Economic analysis will be most useful if it helps us prioritize our challenges, rather than being used as a rubber stamp to endorse environmental regulation.
An interview with PBS on predator conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
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.
A podcast on the role of incentives in preserving wildlife in Africa.
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Earth Day is a moment to celebrate the gains of conservation and the natural world.
A collection of papers exploring the role market design plays in the distributional consequences of the transition to market-based environmental protection.
