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Healthy Public and Private Lands
The Endangered Species Act Regulatory Reform Pendulum Swings Again—Possibly For the Final Time
If the courts and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can agree, then the regulatory pendulum might finally come to a stop.
Predators and Precedents: Grizzly Bears, Joe Pickett, and the Law of Delisting
This academic paper examines how popular culture, legal frameworks, and conservation science intersect to shape wildlife policy.
Don’t Let Federal Agencies Revoke Permits Without Consequence
For American Prairie and other western ranchers, permit certainty would mean that decades-old grazing privileges on federal land would be honored as valid property rights.
The Next Era of American Conservation
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, it’s time to add a new chapter to America’s conservation legacy, with private lands, market-based tools, and bottom-up approaches at the center.
Success Shouldn’t Trigger Stricter Rules
An amicus brief arguing the Ninth Circuit should reaffirm that the ESA’s experimental population program is meant to reward collaboration, not penalize it.
Ranches Face a Generational Crisis. Virtual Fencing Can Help.
This emerging technology simplifies ranch management, reduces physical labor, and provides a level of flexibility that those stubborn traditional fences could never match.
Virtual Fencing for Conservation
A roadmap for making rangelands work better for livestock and wildlife
How Virtual Fencing is Revolutionizing Wildlife Conservation and Rangeland Health
Property and Environment Research Center outlines roadmap for conservation success with pioneering GPS-collar technology, removing thousands of miles of physical barriers to restore wildlife migration and support agricultural viability
Keeping Working Lands—and Wildlife—Moving in Paradise Valley
An update on PERC’s Paradise Valley Fence Fund