AUDIO: How do public land managers assess wildfire risk? At PERC’s 2016 Wildfire Solutions Summit, Dave Calkin, a wildfire economist and research forester with the U.S. Forest Service, discussed challenges faced by the fire management community and offered ideas for navigating budgetary constraints and policy restrictions to better manage the firescape.
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The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians
The New Trail of Tears is a must read if you care about the plight of poor people, in general, and American Indians, in particular.
Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy: An Economic Perspective
In this PERC Policy Series essay, Dean Lueck and Jonathan Yoder use economics to examine wildfire management and current wildfire policy debates.
Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations
The chapters in this new book examine how the wealth of Indian Nations has been held hostage and explain how their wealth can be unlocked through self-determination and sovereignty.
TBT: Thank you, Monica. And happy trails!
For more than 35 years, Monica Lane Guenther has fostered the people, programs, and culture that make PERC a renowned research hub and dynamic community.
Ecosystem Services: What are the Public Policy Implications?
For the last few decades, ecosystem services have been a popular theme in conservation policy. Should national governments be involved in enhancing their provision?
PERC Reports: Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene
This special issue of PERC Reports explores the policy implications of the Anthropocene.
Accounting for Dynamic Nature
The environment is dynamic. Our regulatory state is not.
Life in the Plasticene
Crowdsourcing data to remove plastic from waterways—and (one day) earn a profit.
Environmentalism Without Romance
Science alone cannot resolve most environmental issues.