We outline eight policy ideas that would harness the power of markets and property rights to deliver environmental and economic improvements for the lands, waters, and other resources under the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
If tax foreclosure could destroy innocent easement owners' property, conservation easements could be especially vulnerable.
Free market environmentalism treats the environment as an asset, rather than a liability, creating the incentives that make protection and restoration possible.
It’s time for Congress to act to provide meaningful co-management of Bears Ears to Native Americans.
The Endangered Species Act creates lots of work for lawyers and bureaucrats, but measured by the criteria it announces as the goal—recovering species—it hasn’t worked.
The question of how to manage wildfires is a hot one as fire can be both constructive and destructive.
Driving ranchers out of business could lead to habitat loss for the very bird the rules are designed to protect.
Is the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act scientifically or politically based?
As public land battles simmer, a new private model emerges to pay ranchers to conserve wildlife.
It is time to return to the BLM motto—“land of many uses”—not land of no uses.
Kerry Smith discusses the federal flood insurance program in light of Hurricane Harvey.
Lessons learned from one of the largest public land experiments in the United States.
How to rein in the costs of the federal government’s wild horse program.
PERC and the Pacific Legal Foundation recently filed an amicus brief in support of Maine property owners.
If preserving the species is the goal, free markets and property rights can succeed where regulation and wishful thinking have failed.
For some environmental groups, oil and wildlife never mix—except when it comes to their own property.
An experiment in western Uganda underscores a key lesson about how to align conservation incentives with people, wherever they may be: if you want it, buy it.
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
PERC’s publications, each designed to resonate with specific groups, move ideas generated at PERC to broader audiences.
Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
PERC's fellowships share a common goal of exposing new scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers to free market environmentalism, as well as enable scholars already familiar with FME to explore new applications.
PERC continues to publish and present a broad range of research and discussion through podcasts, videos, and other multimedia channels.