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Because incentives matter for conservation.

The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) explores how aligning incentives for environmental stewardship produces sustainable outcomes for land, water, and wildlife.

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  • Kat Dwyer

    PERC Partnership Helps Rancher Launch Innovative Virtual Fence Project

    Pioneering ranching technology will improve wildlife habitat by enabling the removal of miles of internal barbed-wire fence.

  • Kat Dwyer

    PERC Launches “Elk Rent” Payment for Presence Conservation Program

    The partnership harnesses the power of artificial intelligence and a unique payment model

  • Jonathan Wood

    Restoring Grizzlies to the North Cascades Ecosystem Would Move the Species Closer to Recovery

    Reintroduction efforts should be carried out in a way that is sensitive to the regulatory and practical burdens rare species can impose on private landowners.

  • Kat Dwyer

    Free Markets and the Environment

    A podcast exploring PERC’s unique approach to conservation.

  • Hannah Downey

    Fixing Forest Litigation

    Reasonable reforms are needed to make litigation and injunctions less disruptive and fix America’s forests.

  • Katherine Wright

    Water Scarcity and Sustainability in the West

    A podcast exploring how to harness markets and property rights to alleviate water scarcity.

  • Jonathan Wood

    More is Needed to Deliver on the Endangered Species Act’s Promise of Recovery

    Testimony submitted to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on ways to improve the Endangered Species Act.

  • Shawn Regan

    PERC Reports Fall 2023

    This special issue of PERC Reports examines the Endangered Species Act with an eye toward improving the incentives for species recovery.

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