Hannah Downey

Hannah Downey

Policy and Partnerships Coordinator

Hannah Downey is the policy and partnerships coordinator at PERC, helping to bring PERC ideas to the policy world. After being introduced to PERC her freshman year of college, she pursued the ideas of free market environmentalism and became a research assistant as a senior. She graduated from Montana State University with degrees in economics and political science in 2015.

Though she grew up in the Midwest, Hannah was lucky enough to spend her summers in Montana. Throughout college she worked as a backpacking guide in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Hannah now calls Bozeman home and fills her spare moments with skiing, mountain biking, and enjoying the wonderful outdoors.

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Articles by Hannah Downey

A Wild Idea to Solve the Wild Horse Problem

Hannah Downey, Tate Watkins

If you can’t drag them away, can you pay people to take them away?

This Land is Your Land

Hannah Downey, Brian Yablonski

National Public Lands Day should be about taking care of them.

Reining in the BLM’s Wild Horse Crisis

Matt Anderson, Hannah Downey

Wild horse and burro management is a nuanced and emotional issue that requires more than a one-size-fits-all solution.

We Will Better Protect National Parks for Just Pennies More Per Visit

Hannah Downey, Tate Watkins

For the price of an ice cream cone at Yellowstone’s Canyon Lodge we will collectively be investing millions in the future of our beloved public lands.

Pay to Play

Holly Fretwell, Hannah Downey, Whitney Tilt

A look at the nature of public land recreation and how markets can enhance opportunities to protect open space.

Easements for Endangered Species

Hannah Downey

A collaborative approach to the lesser prairie chicken shows how a wide variety of groups can come together to protect at-risk species.

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