Tate Watkins

Tate Watkins

Publications Fellow, Research Fellow

Tate Watkins is a research and publications fellow at PERC. He is also managing editor of PERC Reports. He previously worked with small-scale farmers in the Haitian coffee sector, where he helped set up an initiative to boost growers’ production, quality, and livelihoods. Prior to that, he worked as a freelance journalist reporting on economic development and foreign aid.

Watkins earned M.A. and B.A. degrees in economics from Clemson University, served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, and spent two years researching economics and public policy in Washington, D.C. He is a native of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Articles by Tate Watkins

Changing the Endangered Species Act Could Actually Help Conservation

Tate Watkins

Avoiding conflicts over endangered species could allow states, landowners and conservationists to work more proactively to recover species.

If a Frog Had Wings, Would It Fly to Louisiana?

Tate Watkins

The Supreme Court prepares to weigh whether habitat must be habitable. Whatever it decides, the Endangered Species Act has to do better—by wildlife and landowners alike.

A True Wildfire ‘Fix’ Would End Bad Incentives

Tate Watkins

Fire policy should steer clear of bad incentives that nudge more people and homes into harm’s way.

Stop the Bleeding

Tate Watkins

A new technology could help conserve an ancient species, demonstrating how innovation can spare nature

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.

National Parks Are Underfunded — Overhauling Fees Will Help

Tate Watkins

Our national treasures are too important to hang on the whims of political funding decisions.

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