The Conservation-Easement Conundrum
Dominic ParkerConservation easements are on the rise. But are tax breaks the most equitable—and effective—way to finance them?
Distributional Effects of Environmental Markets
Christopher CostelloA collection of papers exploring the role market design plays in the distributional consequences of the transition to market-based environmental protection.
Parks Without Politics
The government shutdown served as a reminder that it's time to take the politics out of conserving our national parks.
Conservation through Compromise or Conflict
Jonathan WoodThe agreement in the “conservation deal of the century" demonstrates the benefits of pursuing conservation through negotiation.
Detroiters Against Free Trees?
Jonathan WoodIf the Detroit nonprofit offering free trees retained the property rights, they would be seen as less of a liability to Detroit's residents.
Reducing Fire Risk While Protecting Environmental Values
Jonathan WoodReducing forest fire risks requires market incentives and free enterprise.
Get Politics Out of Our Parks
Shawn ReganWhy now, more than ever, national parks need protection from Washington's budget fights.
Destabilizing Property Rights with a Canoe Paddle
Jonathan WoodOutdoor recreation activists can better expand access by amicably negotiating with landowners.
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
Stop Playing Shutdown Politics with Our Parks
No, our national parks have not descended into dangerous, trash-filled squalor.
What Fees Can (and Cannot) Do for Our National Parks
The government-shutdown circus highlights how recreation fees can be a vital part of running parks.
Zinke’s Gone, but Interior’s Overhaul Must Continue
The next interior secretary should continue efforts to restructure the department.
Wildlife
Zinke Rides On
Controversy aside, he enacted real reforms.
The Endangered Species Act Won’t Save Africa’s Giraffes
Saving the species depends on harnessing American investment.
The Return of the King
An entrepreneurial approach to conserving African lions.
Water
Environmental Restoration Requires Better Incentives
A property-based approach and incentives top regulation to entice environmentally friendly practices when destruction began years ago.
Zinke Rides On
Controversy aside, he enacted real reforms.
How Far Upstream Should Federal Regulation Extend?
Clear rules and market incentives go a long way to distinguish between pollution and land use and their effects on clean water.
Private Lands
Like the Stars
As New West meets Old West, conflict is the norm. It doesn’t have to be.
The New Grizzly Hunters
Creative conservationists search for innovative ways to pay for the natural amenities they value.
A Permit Runs Through It
Oregon ranchers who set out to restore streams in Silvies Valley find regulatory purgatory.
Tribes
Zinke Rides On
Controversy aside, he enacted real reforms.
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.
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.
Publications
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
Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene
