Scaling back federal regulation over isolated wetlands reduces conflict between regulators and private landowners, aligning economic incentives with voluntary conservation objectives.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
A Private Solution to Wildfire Risk
As wildfire response and wildfire suppression engulf more of the USFS’s already strained budget, private solutions can offer quick and decisive answers.
Recognizing Private Lands for their Public Benefits
Amid growing public interest in the future of elk populations in the West, the essential role of ranchers and other landowners must gain recognition.
Manage Forests for Timber, Not Tinder
Timber harvesting can reduce catastrophic wildfire risk and provide a stream of sustainable material for green construction.
Water Markets Can Rescue the Great Salt Lake
By recognizing water conservation as a beneficial use, Utah can promote cooperation that can help restore the Great Salt Lake.
Cato Daily Podcast: Property Rights and Drilling in the American Arctic
A podcast on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and non-use leasing.
Markets, Not Ill-Fitting Regulatory Mandates, Are the Solution to Bycatch
Markets can overcome the technological challenge by giving fishers and others the incentive to develop new ways to reduce bycatch.
Media Misinformation Harms Conservation Efforts
Media coverage of trophy hunting highlights the potential for misinformation to enter public and political debates on conservation issues.
Banning Hunting Trophies Will Undermine the Health of African Ecosystems
To reduce the threat of future pandemics we must conserve intact, healthy ecosystems in parts of the world, like sub-Saharan Africa, that are hotspots of emerging wildlife-borne diseases.
PERC Named One of Six Finalists for the Prestigious Templeton Freedom Award
PERC’s “Recovering Endangered Species” initiative recognized by the Atlas Network.