PERC weighs in on the U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to enhance public access through private landowner partnerships.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
FEMA’s in Need of Reform
Should FEMA act as a national zoning board or use market incentives to reduce disaster risk?
Why Don’t Environmentalists Just Buy the Land They Want To Protect? Because It’s Against the Rules.
Regulation and litigation rule the day, but sometimes cash should be king.
Supreme Court Wades Back into the Murky Clean Water Act
County of Maui, Hawaii vs. Hawaii Wildlife Fund
Water Storage Rights Hit a Snag
Will Oregon reopen its water market?
There’s a Right and a Wrong Way to Enhance Public Access
Access advocates have a choice: They can pursue litigation, or they can work with landowners to enhance access.
Superfund Case Highlights the Important Role of Property Rights in Discouraging Harmful Pollution
PERC and the Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian
A Flood of Red Tape
Why is it harder to buy out flood-prone properties than to rebuild?
Conserving Wildlife Migration Corridors
Statement for the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on the critical role private landowners play in conserving migration corridors.
Look to History to Reform the Antiquities Act
Shifting responsibility for protecting federal lands back to Congress can reduce conflict while promoting deliberation and compromise.