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Hunting Trophy Bans Risk Undermining ’30×30′ and African Wildlife Conservation
While alternatives to trophy hunting are desirable, no viable options currently exist that would adequately replace lost conservation funding.
A Letter to Congress: Permitting Relief is Needed to Improve the Health of Our Forests
Congress has the opportunity to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires by reforming restoration permitting so critical forest work can be completed in a timely manner.
Promoting Innovation and Diffusing Conflict Over Federal Grazing Lands
PERC urges the Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service to revise its grazing program to give permittees more flexibility and to facilitate markets for voluntary conservation on federal lands.
Opening the Range: Reforms to Allow Markets for Voluntary Conservation on Federal Grazing Lands
“Use it or lose it” requirements can exacerbate conflict by giving ranchers and conservation interests no alternative to political, legal, or administrative conflict.
Without Reforms to the Environmental Review Process, Wildfires Will Grow Worse
Exhaustive environmental reviews and litigious environmental activists delay, and sometimes prevent, urgently needed forest restoration projects.
Public Comment on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting
Private organizations have the potential to help in cleaning up existing mines and identifying areas where conservation is valued over mining through market bidding.
A Judicial Threat to Conservation
The recent nullification of environmental regulations by a federal court sets a dangerous precedent.
Wildlife Conservation is Key to the Success of Biden’s African Reset
A task ahead for the Biden administration will be to heal the wildlife trade rift between the U.S. and the SADC.
Permitting Reform Push Should Include Forest Restoration
A thoughtfully tailored permitting reform bill can provide a boost to the environment.