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

During National Park Week, Remember that Our Parks Need Our Help

Hannah Downey, Tate Watkins

With creative approaches we can fill our parks’ financial hole and keep from digging a new one.

A Breakthrough for Wild Horses in the West?

Hannah Downey

Using ideas from PERC research, the BLM recently announced a new program to increase wild horse adoptions.

Protecting Wild Horses Will Take a Wild Idea

Hannah Downey, Tate Watkins

Incentive payments to promote wild horse and burro adoptions will benefit the animals, our rangelands, and taxpayers.

Conserving African Wildlife

Catherine E. Semcer, Hannah Downey

Statement prepared by Catherine Semcer and presented by Hannah Downey for the U.S. Department of the Interior's International Wildlife Conservation Council on market approaches for wildlife conservation in Africa.

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.

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